We commemorate a man who was killed by three shots fired by police in Ansbach on September 8, 2022. He was 30 years old. We do not know his name.

According to media reports, the refugee from Afghanistan attacked a 17-year-old student with two kitchen knives near the train station in Ansbach on the evening of September 8. He allegedly brought the teenager to the ground and knelt on him. A 20-year-old passerby allegedly intervened and freed the student. The attacker then fled.

The police found the man in a street south of the station. According to the officers, he behaved aggressively and approached them with two knives. They then fired three shots at the man, fatally wounding him. He succumbed to his injuries on the spot.

The police chief of Mittelfranken stated shortly after the incident that the shots had been "clearly justified" according to the assessment so far.

Sources: www.sueddeutsche.de, www.br.de