14.07.2025 16:59
A 26-year-old Algerian woman named Rahma Ayat was stabbed to death by her German neighbor in Germany. Ayat's mother stated that the killer neighbor had repeatedly insulted and harassed her daughters "because of their headscarves and ethnic background."
The 26-year-old Algerian Rahma Ayat, who was stabbed to death by her 31-year-old German neighbor in Hannover, Germany, had previously called her family to report that she was subjected to racist insults and harassment by her neighbor.
On July 4, Ayat was attacked in the stairwell of her apartment building by her 31-year-old German neighbor, and according to the autopsy report, she died from multiple stab wounds, one of which struck her heart. The mother of the Algerian Muslim woman stated in an interview with El-Araby television that her daughter had told them that she was repeatedly insulted and harassed by the murder suspect, her German neighbor, "because of her headscarf and ethnicity" before she was killed.
The prosecutor's office announced that the 31-year-old German has no criminal record.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The 26-year-old Algerian Rahma Ayat was attacked with a knife by her German neighbor on July 4 in her apartment building. According to police and eyewitnesses, on the day of the incident, neighbors heard her screams for help and alerted the authorities.
Ayat, who had multiple stab wounds to her chest and shoulder, died shortly after emergency services arrived at the scene.
On the same day, the 31-year-old attacker was taken into custody. It was reported that Ayat had filed multiple complaints with the German police about her neighbor, but the complaints were allegedly "not taken seriously."
The Muslim community and her family are demanding that Ayat's murder be recognized as a racially motivated hate crime following reports that she was harassed multiple times because she wore a headscarf.