A 49-year-old Turkish man allegedly fatally stabbed his 45-year-old German ex-wife on Friday in Ingolstadt, according to police reports. The woman succumbed to her injutries after being taken to hospital. Police reported that the couple’s two sons, aged 23 and 17, tried to intervene, in an attempt to protect their mother. Both sons have been placed under investigation for dangerous bodily harm, pending assessment of whether they acted in legitimate self-defense. The suspect was seriously injured and was taken to the hospital, with an arrest warrant having been issued against him.
The couple had separated in 2024, and the man had previously threatened and injured his ex-wife. A restraining order had been issued against him, but he disregarded it. He had also received a suspended sentence for threatening her and for minor assault.
Following the publication of initial reports by Donaukurier, Ingolstadt integration officer Ingrid Gumplinger and Equal Opportunities Officer Barbara Deimel criticized the mention of the suspect’s nationality, stating it risked stigmatizing an entire community. Overall, non-German suspects now account for over 40% of all reported criminal cases. Data from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) show that foreign nationals—particularly Syrians and Afghans—are disproportionately represented among suspects across a wide range of offenses. Over the past decade, the share of foreign convicts has steadily increased and now exceeds one-third of all convictions.
