MANNHEIM. According to a media report, the police officer who was seriously injured in the attack in Mannheim is only being kept alive artificially. “It was clear early on that he would not be able to survive this attack. But Rouven is an organ donor. He is being kept alive on a heart-lung machine,” said a close family friend the Image-Newspaper. It was already announced yesterday that the police officer was put into an induced coma.
The official was from an Afghan Last Friday, a combat knife about 30 centimeters long was rammed several times into the neck and head. He lost a lot of blood on the spot. A video shows him then collapsing. The first ambulances arrived about eight minutes after the attack, which apparently targeted Islam critic Michael Stürzenberger.
A total of six injured by Afghan immigrants
“He risked his life for our safety and wants to give other people a new life as an organ donor. He has so many plans of his own and is a wonderful person. “We are all devastated,” the victim’s family friend continued. The Baden-Württemberg state police described the police officer’s condition to JUNGE FREIHEIT on Sunday afternoon as still life-threatening.
A total of six people were injured in the suspected Islamist-motivated massacre. including Stürzenberger. The Afghan who came to Germany in 2014 was injured by a shot in the stomach, but his life is probably not in danger. A warrant has already been issued for his arrest for attempted murder. He was previously unknown to the security authorities. (ho/mec)