Wuerzburg. One year after the knife attack on Barbarossaplatz, Würzburg commemorated the victims and those injured in the attack. “365 days have passed since then, but today it almost seems to me as if the terrible act only happened yesterday, the shock is so deep, the memories are so vivid and the feelings associated with it so intense,” recalled Mayor Christian Schuchardt during the ceremony ecumenical memorial service for the deed.
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Many citizens, representatives of the emergency services, the security authorities, but also victims and people who had shown civil courage on this day a year ago, who had confronted the perpetrator and tried to distract him from other victims, came to the victims’ day on this day commemorate On June 25, 2021, a few hundred meters from the Marienkapelle, a man indiscriminately stabbed unsuspecting and defenseless people with a knife who happened to be customers in a shop and passers-by on the Barbarossaplatz in front of it. Three women died and six people were seriously injured. “The relatives of the killed women, the partners, the children, they have suffered a loss that is irreparable. I have no words that can make this easier for you,” said Schuchardt. The act is also a deep cut in the lives of those who were seriously injured and are still suffering from the physical and mental consequences.
Stand up for humane values
Even if he can understand that such a crime triggers disgust and anger, it is absolutely unacceptable if entire population groups are put under general suspicion and attacked as a reaction to the crime. Schuchardt appeals to stand together against the enemies of an open society: “Let’s not allow June 25, 2021 to divide our urban society. Let’s stand up for our humane values together, let’s defend our peace and our freedom together, as citizens of Würzburg.”
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