The agent of police officer who was stabbed on Friday in Mannheim (southwest of Germany) by an individual who attacked a known anti-Islam militant and four other people with a knife He died this Sunday due to the severity of his injuries.

The federal state prosecutor’s office and the Baden-Württemberg Criminal Investigation Office reported in a statement that the agent had been emergency operated and was then placed in an induced coma, before succumbing to injuries sustained to his head.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his condolences to the family members. and has asked for “maximum recognition” for the work of the “brave agent”, as he wrote in his X account.

Meanwhile, the alleged aggressor, against whom an arrest warrant was issued yesterday for attempted murder, has not yet been able to give a statement and remains hospitalized after having received a bullet shot by another agent.

The motives of the alleged attacker, born in Afghanistan 25 years ago, are still unknown, although a possible islamist ideology given that the main target of the attack was Michael Stürzenberger, a well-known anti-Islam militant. Stürzenberger himself, the first to be stabbed when he was preparing to speak at an event in Mannheim’s market square, suffered injuries to his face and thigh and is recovering in hospital.

One of the co-founders of the right-wing organization Pax Europa, Stürzenberger has been convicted on multiple occasions for inciting hatred against Muslims and is under observation by the Bavarian secret services, which have classified him as an extremist.

The other four injured were stabbed by the attacker when they came to Stürzenberger’s aid. and according to the videos circulating on social networks, at least some belonged to Pax Europa. The deceased police officer was attacked from behind when, in the midst of the prevailing confusion, he was trying to immobilize one of the Pax Europa militants who had mistakenly attacked one of the individuals who had initially clashed with the attacker.