A Syrian migrant who doused the sister of his ex-fiancée with petrol before setting the girl on fire leading to her death has been jailed for life by a German court.
24-year-old Hamza A. drove to the family home in Menden of his ex with four litre canisters of petrol where the door was answered by 17-year-old Malak A..
The court that the “defenseless” girl was completely engulfed in flame. She died from her injuries in hospital 17 days after the attack.
The attack took place shortly after 10pm on the 22nd of March with the court hearing that Hamza A. had planned to kill a member of the family in order to inflict the
The teen’s mother screamed at her daughter’s killer in court. “Why did you do that to my Malak?” Bild reports.
Six other people suffered minor injuries in the ensuing fire at the apartment where up to 100 fire brigade assistants battled the blaze on a night of bad weather which prevented an aircrew helicopter from intervening.
The court heard that the attack was motivated by a desire to cause “suffering” and to inflict the “greatest possible psychological damage” to the family of Hamza A. ‘s ex-fancée, Nahed A., as he could not accept his separation from the woman.
It was reported that Hamza had been violent towards Nahed in 2023 in an incident where he had tied her up and choked her until she lost consciousness.