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German mayor recovering, names daughter as knife attacker

German mayor recovering, names daughter as knife attacker
world10/8/2025

Iris Stalzer, mayor-elect of the west German town of Herdecke, has told investigators it was her adoptive daughter who stabbed her repeatedly in her home this week. Police said Stalzer's life was no longer in danger.

The mayor-elect of the Ruhr valley town of Herdecke, Iris Stalzer, is out of life-threatening danger and has named her adopted daughter as her attacker, police and prosecutors said at a press conference in nearby Hagen on Wednesday. The 57-year-old l... [2269 chars]