[TheLocal.de] A German court in Traunstein on Friday handed a life term to an Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed to death a compatriot mother-of-four because she had converted to Christianity.The 30-year-old, who was not named by authorities, murdered the woman in front of two of her children outside a supermarket in the southern city of Prien am Chiemsee last April. She was stabbed 16 times.
| Oh brave, brave Lion of Islam, murdering a mother burdened by groceries and small children! |
The 38-year-old woman had earlier asked the man if he wanted to convert too, a request that was "irreconcilable with his Moslem faith," prosecutors said during the trial.
The accused's lawyer had asked the judges to show leniency, saying his client had had a difficult life and was exposed to violence from a young age, according to DPA news agency.
| Good news for the children whose mother was murdered in front of them: they’ve got an excuse for whatever they do to the colonists later. |
| Sorry he was caught, at any rate. |
Two of the woman's children, aged five and 11, watched as the man killed their mother. Her two other children are adults.
Passers-by tried to stop the attacker by hurling a shopping trolley at him.
After his arrest, the man claimed he had acted out of frustration about his looming deportation as a rejected asylum seeker.
| Now he won’t have to go back for a while, and there’s the three hots and a cot thingy, all without any further effort in his part. |
He will likely be deported after serving his sentence.