German court finds fascist Turkish stabber of 4 Kurds not guilty

Having stabbed 4 Kurds in the middle of the street in broad daylight in Hannover, Germany, Celal A. was found not guilty by the courts after walking around free for the last 3 years.

The local court in Hannover, Germany has issued a scandalous verdict with the reward-like sentence to Celal A., who had attacked the Kurds passing by a demonstration held by Turkish fascists in Hannover on September 12, 2015.

The prosecution demanded 6 to 10 years in prison for Celal A. for the attempted murder of four people, but he had been walking free for the last 3 years despite the serious investigation and the indictment that had been prepared.

A group of nationalist Grey Wolves had held a demonstration in Hannover city center to support the Turkish state’s war and massacres in the provinces of Northern Kurdistan in September, 2015. One of the attendees of the demonstration was a fascist named Celal A., who worked as a taxi driver.

ATTACKED KURDISH-SPEAKING GROUP WITH A KNIFE

Celal A. took out his knife and attacked a group coincidentally passing by close to the Turkish fascists’ demonstration, shouting “All Kurds must be cut up” during the attack. A young Rojavan man named Mazlum Omer was stabbed at his neck and wounded seriously.

Celal A. went to the police after the attack and turned himself in. He was released some time later to be tried without remand. Despite time passing by, German investigators couldn’t complete the investigation and the lawsuit was frequently delayed.

Following the hearing that started on August 13, the Hannover court issued a verdict yesterday. The court found the Turkish fascist who strolled into the courtroom with his lawyer not guilty and closed the case, even after Celal A. gave a statement mocking the court like “I was passing by, had a knife in my hand. They came at me and happened upon my knife.”

OMER: I’M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE

People in the courtroom protested the verdict and shouted, “This is not Syria or Turkey, we thought there was rule of law here.” Kurdish youth Mazlum Omer was also present in the hearing and said, “I have been treated with great injustice by the German state.”

Omer spoke to the ANF about the verdict the court issued regarding Celal A. and said it is absolutely unacceptable, and that they will continue to seek their rights. 29-year-old Omer lost a lot of blood at the scene and the medical intervention was delayed, so the wound caused a great deal of damage to his body.

Omer’s vocal chords were damaged in the stabbing and he still has trouble speaking. He said: “I was lucky to be alive after that day, if I had lost a bit more blood or the knife had gone a bit deeper, I wouldn’t be alive today. Did I have to die so the court would issue some punishment?”

Omer said he had nothing to do with the demonstration on the day of the incident and that he wasn’t aware of the rally the Turkish fascists were holding. He protested the German court by saying: “After that day, my life was turned upside down, I received treatment for a long time, and now who am I supposed to hold to account for this?”