16-Year-Old Ukrainian Girl Pushed Under Train In Germany

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Welt reports new details of the tragedy that occurred on August 11, according to Ukrinform.

According to the investigation, a 31-year-old Iraqi citizen pushed the girl under a freight train traveling at around 100 kilometers per hour. The man was later detained and hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic. His blood alcohol content was measured at 1.35 per mille. He had previously been diagnosed with“paranoid schizophrenia.”

Shortly before the incident, police had been called to the station because the man was behaving aggressively. When the patrol arrived, he approached the officers himself and led them to the girl's body, pretending he had just discovered it. At that moment, there were no strong suspicions of a crime. Initially, police assumed it was an accident. However, DNA tests later revealed the man's traces on the victim's shoulder. Based on this, investigators concluded that the man had used force against the Ukrainian girl. An arrest warrant was subsequently issued on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.

According to the prosecutor's office, no prior connection was established between the suspect and his alleged victim.

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It was noted that shortly before her death, the girl called her grandfather, apparently sensing danger. He heard her screams, followed only by the sound of the train. Her parents had immediately expressed doubts about the initial assumption of an accident. The 16-year-old had fled Mariupol with her family. After finishing secondary school, she began studying dentistry.

As for the alleged perpetrator, the prosecutor's office stated that he first applied for asylum in Braunschweig in August 2022, but the request was rejected, and he was due to be deported to Lithuania. However, in February 2025, the Göttingen Administrative Court dismissed an appeal against the deportation. On July 17, the Hanover District Court denied a motion for detention pending deportation, because of no significant risk of absconding. The man subsequently re-registered as an asylum seeker at the Friedland reception center.

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Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Daniela Behrens expressed outrage over the situation.“It is incomprehensible to citizens that people can stay in Germany for years even though a completely different EU country is responsible for them,” she said. According to her, this case once again highlights the enormous problems with the so-called Dublin procedure, which regulates the distribution of asylum seekers across Europe. According to the report, the suspect should have been in Lithuania, not Germany.

As reported, Friedrich Merz's government, from the start of its work, named the fight against irregular migration and the deportation of those without the right to remain in Germany as its priority.

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