"Noontime attack Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found "at her home at around 12:40pm with life threatening injuries", said public broadcaster WDR. "We fear for her life," Merz quickly wrote on X, demanding that the crime and its background "be swiftly clarified". The details of the attack or its suspected motive were not immediately known. The local police did not answer AFP's phone calls."
"According to Bild daily, Stalzer was found with stab wounds to her stomach and back in her home, where her adoptive children, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, were both present. The boy told police that his mother had been attacked by several men on the street, Bild reported. The daily added that police took the teenager away for questioning in handcuffs."
Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of Herdecke near Dortmund, was found at home around 12:40pm with life-threatening stab wounds. Reports cited as many as 13 stab wounds and indicated injuries to her stomach and back. Her adoptive children, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, were present; the boy told police she had been attacked by several men on the street and was later taken in handcuffs for questioning. There was a reported prior domestic violence incident in the household. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the attack "heinous" and demanded swift clarification.
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