Murder of Michèle Kiesewetter
Michèle Kiesewetter[1] (10 October 1984 in Oberweißbach – 25 April 2007 in Heilbronn), a German police officer, was killed by neo-Nazi terrorists. On the 25 April 2007, Michèle Kiesewetter and her partner were on patrol in their police car. At approximately 2:00p.m., they stopped in a corner of a large parking lot in Heilbronn to have a lunch break. Shortly after, both officers were ambushed and shot in the head by two gunmen, approaching from behind the vehicle. Michèle Kiesewetter, sitting in the driver's seat, was fatally injured. Her partner, sitting in the passenger's seat, was heavily injured, but survived the attack. When the police and the ambulance arrived on the scene, both officers were lying on the ground, next to their car, and their handguns and handcuffs were stolen. The gunmen have also been implicated with the murders of nine other people, most with Turkish roots, between 2000 and 2006, the so-called NSU murders.
Aftermath
Following her death, the investigation focused on the so-called Phantom of Heilbronn. The investigations were concentrated in a special task force “parking lot” at the Heilbronn police department. In January 2009, the reward for clues regarding the whereabouts of the person was increased to €300,000.[2][3]
Her service pistol, a Heckler & Koch P2000, was later retrieved, along with that of her colleague, when Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos, two German neo-Nazis, committed suicide in Eisenach, Germany on 4 November 2011, revealing the connection to the "Bosphorus murders".[clarify] Forensic experts also found traces of DNA on evidence recovered from among the remains of the neo-Nazi trio's flat at Zwickau that further strengthen the link.[4]
See also
- List of unsolved murders
- National Socialist Underground
- Phantom of Heilbronn
References
- ^ Spelling of first name according to: Buchholz, Helmut (18 April 2012). "Polizistenmord: Neue Gedenkstele, anderer Akzent". www.stimme.de. Heilbronner Stimme GmbH & Co. KG. Heilbronner Stimme. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ ""Phantom von Heilbronn" hat es nie gegeben" (in German). News von Morgen. 2009-03-26. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ Q-Tip-Off - Police Fear 'Serial Killer' Was Just DNA Contamination Der Spiegel. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ DNA Tests Solidify Suspicions in Police Killing Case Der Spiegel. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- v
- t
- e
(more than 10 deaths)
- Munich massacre
- Oktoberfest bombing
- 2016 Berlin truck attack
- Hanau shootings
- 1970 Munich bus attack
- German autumn
- 1982 Berlin restaurant bombing
- Bombing of French consulate in Berlin
- 1984 Duisburg arson attack
- 1985 Frankfurt airport bombing
- Rhein-Main Air Base bombing
- Berlin discotheque bombing
- 1991 American embassy sniper attack in Bonn
- Mykonos restaurant assassinations
- 1992 Mölln arson attack
- Weiterstadt prison bombing
- 1993 Solingen arson attack
- National Socialist Underground murders
- Murder of Enver Şimşek
- Murder of Michèle Kiesewetter
- 2004 Cologne bombing
- 2011 Frankfurt airport shooting
- 2016 Hanover stabbing
- 2016 Würzburg train attack
- 2016 Ansbach bombing
- 2017 Hamburg knife attack
- Borussia Dortmund team bus bombing
- Bottrop and Essen car attack
- Halle synagogue shooting
- 2018 Cologne attack
In terrorist groups | |
---|---|
Lone perpetrators |
Domestic groups |
|
---|---|
Foreign groups |
Federal Police units | |
---|---|
State Police units |
|
Military units |
This German law related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
This terrorism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e