Lifelong imprisonment for Rachemord: BGH confirms judgment against 25 year olds

Lifelong imprisonment for Rachemord: BGH confirms judgment against 25 year olds

Haute-Nendaz, Schweiz - A shocking crime has again heated the minds: The Federal Court of Justice has confirmed the judgment against a 25-year-old German-Afghan, who is in custody for insidious murder. The conviction was pronounced by the Braunschweig district court in autumn 2024, and now it is final. [ndr.de] (https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goettingen/braunschweig-bundengerichtshof-bestaette- Rachemord-mord-102.html) reports that the murder in June 2023 in the picturesque Haute-Nendaz, in the canton of Wallis, Switzerland. The victim was an asylum seeker who tragically lured into a ambush prepared by his sister and stabbed with a long army knife.

The motif behind this cruel act led to an outcry in public: revenge for the alleged violent death of the father's father in 2022, for whom he blamed the killed. It seems that the connection between the victim and the death of the father was a central element in the process, but it was not clarified in detail. watson.ch states that the defendant's sister who lived in Pakistan and had a love relationship with the victim, with a dictated meeting in the death lured.

The process and the judgment

The murder took place on June 13, 2023, and many of the brutal details of the incident shocked. The perpetrator stabbed the 25-year-old with a knife, and despite the immediately alarmed rescue workers, the victim could no longer be helped. In October 2024, the Braunschweig district court decided on lifelong imprisonment.

The judges followed the application of the public prosecutor and saw no particular severity of guilt, despite the cruel background of the crime. The defendant's defense called for a milder punishment and advocated assault with death - but without success. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe rejected the man's appeal and found that there were no legal errors. The conviction is now final and the act remains in memory as an example of the extreme consequences of revenge and violence.

social reactions

The judgment has triggered mixed reactions in society. Many are affected by the brutality of the crime, and the sad story makes the round on social media. The case also raises questions about the topics of integration, violence and revenge in a multicultural society that has to be discussed more than ever. The tragedy behind this story reminds us that it is not only about the legal consequences, but also about the human destinies that hang on it.