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| Vigil held in German town for woman dragged through streets | Vigil held in German town for woman dragged through streets |
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| Outrage over an attack on a woman who was dragged through the streets of a north German town behind a car with a rope tied around her neck has prompted hundreds of people to attend a vigil for her. | Outrage over an attack on a woman who was dragged through the streets of a north German town behind a car with a rope tied around her neck has prompted hundreds of people to attend a vigil for her. |
| The 28-year-old woman is in a coma in a critical condition in hospital in Hamelin following the incident on Sunday evening. | The 28-year-old woman is in a coma in a critical condition in hospital in Hamelin following the incident on Sunday evening. |
| Her former partner, a 38-year-old man, handed himself in to police and is in custody facing a potential charge of attempted murder. He and the woman are believed to be of Kurdish origin. | Her former partner, a 38-year-old man, handed himself in to police and is in custody facing a potential charge of attempted murder. He and the woman are believed to be of Kurdish origin. |
| The woman was dragged along the road for about 250 metres. Her two-year-old son was reportedly in the back of the car at the time. | |
| Locals attending the vigil held up placards reading “incredible” and “stop violence against women”. | Locals attending the vigil held up placards reading “incredible” and “stop violence against women”. |
| Hamelin’s mayor, Claudio Griese, addressed the crowds by saying that acts of violence were an unfortunate part of society but that Sunday’s incident had been particularly horrific. | Hamelin’s mayor, Claudio Griese, addressed the crowds by saying that acts of violence were an unfortunate part of society but that Sunday’s incident had been particularly horrific. |
| “No one could have imagined that such a barbaric act that reminds us of executions of the middle ages was possible in a town such as Hamelin,” he said. | “No one could have imagined that such a barbaric act that reminds us of executions of the middle ages was possible in a town such as Hamelin,” he said. |
| He said the vigil, which was attended by members of the victim’s family including her brother and his children, sent the message: “Violence has no place in this town.” | He said the vigil, which was attended by members of the victim’s family including her brother and his children, sent the message: “Violence has no place in this town.” |