The residents of Bad Oeynhausen appreciate their spa park. With an area of 26 hectares, two bathhouses, the elegant-looking foyer and several fountains in the middle of the city center, it serves as an ideal local recreation area. At the Imperial Palace, nearly 100 Minden Ratsgymnasium high school graduates celebrated their graduation in this idyllic setting, which would have such a terrible outcome.
20-year-old beaten into a coma during a graduation party in the spa park
Sunday evening around 1:30 am According to the police and the Public Prosecution Service, two ball visitors got into an argument with a group of about ten people. The group then allegedly defeated the two. 20-year-old Philippos from Minden, the brother of a high school graduate, was seriously injured. On Monday afternoon, FOCUS learned online from researchers that he had been placed in a medically induced coma and later declared brain dead. According to this status, the devices should be turned off on Monday, which would mean murder.
Police will cordon off the area in front of the Imperial Palace throughout Monday and secure any clues. None of the suspected perpetrators have so far voluntarily turned themselves in; investigators follow up on tips from the public. Many Oeynhausers and visitors to the surrounding rehabilitation centers take advantage of the sunny weather for a walk, rest on one of the park benches or enjoy the warm temperatures with a book in the shade of the trees. “It is actually a beautiful, quiet spa park,” says a walker who, like many others, attended the city festival this weekend, with pop singer Olaf Henning as the highlight.
Resident switches sides of the street with groups
They and other acquaintances have already searched their own photos and videos of the celebration for possible clues to the men they were looking for – but the neon orange Adidas track jacket, according to the suspect, was the one Police There is no sign that he was wearing it. “You want to celebrate something and then something terrible happens,” she says, shocked. The countryside knows from shooting festivals and other festivities that arguments can sometimes arise between drunk people. “But today things are getting out of hand,” she notes worriedly. Almost every day she reads about stabbings or fights; When she encounters larger groups, she sometimes switches sides of the street just to be on the safe side. “It’s another dimension,” says her companion, and notes bitterly: “We could have foreseen that something would happen here too.”
A patient in a rehabilitation center was completely unaware of the attack this weekend because she was taking a course. It was only when she visited the spa park for a walk on Monday and saw the police that she discovered the dramatic incident. “You think you’re safe in a spa,” she says. Another rehabilitation patient only partly shares this impression: “It is actually very quiet here. But at night all cats are gray.”
Graduating class starts fundraising campaign for families of victims
Many park visitors worry as they walk past the tape that police use to cordon off the crime scene. “Life should really start now, and then something like this happens,” complains a hiker.
One of the high school graduates did that launched a fundraising campaign for the family of the two victims and had already raised more than 38,000 euros on Monday evening. The police are still asking for information from witnesses. In addition to the neon orange jacket, she describes the suspect as male, southern, approximately 20 years old and 176 centimeters tall, with a mustache and goatee. The “Palais” murder team accepts information on 0521/545-0.