Horrific killing in Hamburg

Looney Green Fascists—excuse me, Little Green Footballs—is my favorite neocon blog. LGF is the epitome of what’s wrong with “conservatism” today: They hate people, especially Muslims.

In Hamburg, a 40-year-old man beheaded his wife. Afterwards, he ran, his wife’s head in his hand, to a nearby gas station and turned himself in to police. At the time of the brutal murder, both daughters (6 and 13) were in the apartment of the married couple.

Drops of blood led from a gas station in Hamburg’s district Harburg to an apartment complex 100 metres away. The drops of blood ended in front of an apartment on the 2nd floor. This is where the crime took place Sunday night. Fatma S. was killed by multiple stabs, prior to her head being cut off by her husband with a kitchen knife. Then, the man took the head and walked to the nearby gas station. “The employee had just been outside at the gas pumps,” says a police officer.” He knew Atilla. At first, he did not notice what the man was carrying. “As soon as he realized the situation, he ran to the office and called the police. Atilla dropped the head off in the snow and waited for the police to arrest him.

In his apartment, police officers not only discovered the woman’s torso. In the children’s room, they found both daughters of the couple. “We do not know what the girls might have noticed,” says a female police officer. The girls, unharmed, were found in their beds.

Hamburg homicide investigators are utterly baffled by the crime.

Investigators now try to figure out the motive for this unbelievable homicide. The situation escalated without any reason, according to homicide detectives. Atilla S., who had been living in this apartment for 10 years together with his wife, has not been registered for any criminal offense.

I know it’s a crazy idea, but maybe there’s a clue in this statement from a relative?

“We were not very close to him and his family,” says a relative. “He is very conservative and attended the mosque on a regular basis. The rest of the family has a very Western lifestyle.” This created a gap between husband and wife.

Nah. Couldn’t have anything to do with that.

Yes, it is a horrible crime. But just because a Muslim committed this crime does not mean that all Muslims are like this. Islam is not necessarily a religion of peace, but many—if not most—Muslims are peaceful.

And keep in mind that it’s not just Muslims who murder and behead people. Whites and blacks are perfectly capable of it, as are white and black Christians. (BTK, anyone?)

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