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| Germans honour slain 'role model' Tugce Albayrak | Germans honour slain 'role model' Tugce Albayrak |
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| Tributes are being paid in Germany to student Tugce Albayrak who was killed after defending two teenage girls reportedly being harassed by a group of men. | |
| Hundreds were expected to attend a silent vigil in Berlin in her memory. | |
| President Joachim Gauck has described the student as a "role model". | President Joachim Gauck has described the student as a "role model". |
| A man, 18, is in custody over the 15 November attack, which left Ms Albayrak in a coma. Her life support was switched off on Friday. | |
| She had intervened when she heard cries for help from the toilet of a fast food restaurant in the town of Offenbach, near Frankfurt, where the two girls were being harassed, German media report. | She had intervened when she heard cries for help from the toilet of a fast food restaurant in the town of Offenbach, near Frankfurt, where the two girls were being harassed, German media report. |
| Later, one of the men returned and attacked her in the car park, striking her head with a stone or a bat. | Later, one of the men returned and attacked her in the car park, striking her head with a stone or a bat. |
| Her parents made the decision to turn off life support on Friday, her 23rd birthday, when doctors told them she would never regain consciousness and was brain-dead. | Her parents made the decision to turn off life support on Friday, her 23rd birthday, when doctors told them she would never regain consciousness and was brain-dead. |
| A petition calling for Ms Albayrak to be awarded the national order for merit posthumously has gathered at least 50,000 signatures. | A petition calling for Ms Albayrak to be awarded the national order for merit posthumously has gathered at least 50,000 signatures. |
| Confirming he would consider the award, President Mr Gauck wrote to her family to say: "Like countless citizens, I am shocked and appalled by this terrible act. Tugce has earned gratitude and respect from us all. | Confirming he would consider the award, President Mr Gauck wrote to her family to say: "Like countless citizens, I am shocked and appalled by this terrible act. Tugce has earned gratitude and respect from us all. |
| "She will always remain a role model to us, our entire country mourns with you. | "She will always remain a role model to us, our entire country mourns with you. |
| "Where other people looked the other way, Tugce showed exemplary courage and moral fortitude." | "Where other people looked the other way, Tugce showed exemplary courage and moral fortitude." |
| Before Sunday's "civil courage" vigil on Oranienplatz in Berlin, tributes were paid in Offenbach, with people holding signs which read "Thank you, Tugce". | Before Sunday's "civil courage" vigil on Oranienplatz in Berlin, tributes were paid in Offenbach, with people holding signs which read "Thank you, Tugce". |
| Oranienplatz is in the heart of Berlin's Kreuzberg district, which has a large Turkish community. Ms Albayrak, who was from the town of Gelnhausen, also near Frankfurt, was Turkish by origin. | Oranienplatz is in the heart of Berlin's Kreuzberg district, which has a large Turkish community. Ms Albayrak, who was from the town of Gelnhausen, also near Frankfurt, was Turkish by origin. |
| Her attacker, named only as Senal M from the Sandzak region of Serbia, has confessed to striking Ms Albayrak, German public radio station Deutsche Welle reports. | Her attacker, named only as Senal M from the Sandzak region of Serbia, has confessed to striking Ms Albayrak, German public radio station Deutsche Welle reports. |