The mum was stabbed in the head and had her throat slit in front of her own children (Picture: CEN/Twitter)

An Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a mother to death in front of her children – because she converted to Christianity.

The woman, known only as Fatima S, died after being knifed in front of a Lidl supermarket in Bavaria, Germany on Saturday.

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It is alleged that she was attacked by a 29-year-old man in front of her children aged 5 and 11.

According to eye witnesses, the man stabbed the mother in the head and cut her throat.


One person said: ‘I heard angry cries like, “He has a knife, he wants to stab her!” It was bad.

She had converted to Christianity (Picture: Getty)

‘A brave citizen tried to intervene and save the woman, everything was full of blood, it was inconceivably terrible.’



According to MailOnline, the suspect was arrested and detained in a psychiatric hospital.

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He was allegedly overpowered by shoppers and an off duty police woman at the scene.

Police have confirmed that they are looking into the possibility that the attack happened because the mother was a Christian convert.

A spokesman said: ‘It’s a possibility that we’re exploring.’

The knifeman arrived in Germany in 2013 and was residing at an asylum-seeker shelter.