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| Germany: Afghan migrant jailed for killing teen ex-girlfriend | |
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| A German court has sentenced an Afghan migrant to eight and a half years for killing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend. | A German court has sentenced an Afghan migrant to eight and a half years for killing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend. |
| Abdul D, as he is identified, admitted to stabbing Mia V to death in December in the south-western town of Kandel. | |
| Prosecutors believe he acted out of jealousy and revenge after Mia, a German citizen, broke up with him. | |
| The case sparked national outrage, and led to far-right groups holding xenophobic protests as part of their broad anti-migrant campaign. | |
| Demonstrations have also gripped the eastern city of Chemnitz, after a 35-year-old man was fatally stabbed and two men from Syria and Iraq were arrested. | |
| What happened to Mia? | What happened to Mia? |
| Mia and Abdul D met at school and dated for several months before she ended the relationship a few weeks before her death, prosecutors said. | |
| She was stabbed seven times with a kitchen knife by her ex-boyfriend, believed to be from Afghanistan, outside a shop on 27 December. | |
| She and her parents had previously gone to the police about Abdul's harassing and threatening behaviour. | She and her parents had previously gone to the police about Abdul's harassing and threatening behaviour. |
| What do we know about Abdul D? | |
| Abdul D's lawyer told reporters that he thought the Landau district court's decision was correct and that his client had "accepted" the sentence of eight years and six months. | |
| The murder trial was held behind closed doors in a juvenile court, where prosecutors sought a maximum term of 10 years. | The murder trial was held behind closed doors in a juvenile court, where prosecutors sought a maximum term of 10 years. |
| The Afghan said he was 15 at the time of the crime, but an expert medical assessment ordered by prosecutors said that he was more likely to be between 17 and 20 years old. | |
| He arrived in Germany in April 2016 as an unaccompanied minor and had his request for asylum rejected in February 2017. | |
| At the time of the crime, he was living in a supervised group in the town of Neustadt and attending school in Kandel. | |
| Protests against migrants | Protests against migrants |
| The case is among a number of high-profile crimes said to involve asylum seekers which have stoked anger against migrants and put pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel over her liberal refugee policy. | |
| Regular demonstrations have been held in Kandel, home to 9,000 people, by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in an attempt to bolster its anti-migrant campaign. | |
| On the other side of the country - in Chemnitz - thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest, after a German-Cuban man was stabbed to death there on 26 August. |