GERMAN Mayor Iris Stalzer has accused her stepdaughter of torturing her for hours earlier than she was stabbed 13 instances in a frenzied assault.
Stalzer, 57, alleged that her adopted daughter, 17, tried to set her on hearth with deodorant and lighter earlier than knifing her in the stomach and back.
Regardless of additionally struggling extreme blunt-force accidents to her cranium, Stalzer’s situation was mercifully revealed to be secure.
Chatting with German cops investigating the brutal assault, the mum mentioned she was tormented for hours contained in the basement of her home.
She mentioned she was attacked by her stepdaughter, who tried to set her hair and garments on hearth utilizing deodorant, Bild studies.
The adopted daughter instructed cops she wished revenge, however did not reveal the trigger, it’s understood.
The stabbing comes simply weeks after her adopted daughter allegedly lunged at her with a knife, German media beforehand reported.
A particular murder squad was put onto the case and shortly introduced a “household connection” was suspected.
Iris Stalzer sustained life-threatening accidents.
The adopted daughter allegedly stabbed the politician with two knives.
Prosecutors mentioned the solutions Stalzer gave to police “incriminated” her daughter after authorities questioned her and Stalzer’s 15-year-old adopted son.
German cops additionally discovered one of many knives used within the assault contained in the son’s backpack.
There was additionally blood-stained clothes discovered, which belonged to the daddy, cops mentioned.
One neighbour revealed that they heard chilling screams just moments before the mayor was stabbed.
They mentioned: “Half an hour earlier than the rescue helicopter landed, I heard the boy and his mom arguing. They have been actually screaming at one another.”
Screams have been usually heard from the mayor’s home, they added.
In the meantime, forensic investigators found that a big stain of blood had been eliminated – indicating that makes an attempt have been made to take away proof.
The 17-year-old first referred to as the emergency companies, and the son instructed cops that “a number of males” had attacked his mum outdoors.
Prosecutors added that an arrest warrant is not going to be issued because of legal guidelines round juvenile suspects.
Somewhat, each kids can be launched and handed over to the youth welfare workplace.
Stalzer’s adopted son initially instructed police that he discovered his mum inside their dwelling following the brutal assault.
He claimed that “a number of males have been concerned within the stabbing”.
Nonetheless, police later ascertained that it had occurred inside.
Stalzer had solely been elected mayor for the 22,500-inhabitant city within the Ruhr area after a runoff vote on September 28.
She narrowly gained with 52.2 per cent of the vote in opposition to centre-right Christian Democrat candidate Fabian Conrad Haas.
Her time period of workplace is about to start on November 1.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), spoke concerning the assault on social media: “We have now acquired information of a horrible deed in Herdecke.
“It have to be swiftly investigated. We concern for the lifetime of the mayor-designate and hope for her full restoration.”




