Hussam Fadl

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Hussam Fadl (* probably 1987 in Iraq ; † September 27, 2016 in Berlin ) was an Iraqi living in Germany who was shot by police officers.

In 2014, Fadl fled with his wife and three children from Iraq to Germany via the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkan route. The family found shelter in the refugee accommodation on Kruppstrasse in Berlin-Moabit . On the evening of September 27, 2016, the police appeared there to arrest a man who was accused of sexually abusing Fadl's six-year-old daughter. When the suspect was tied up in the police vehicle, Fadl ran towards the car. The police officers present apparently fired four shots at him from behind. He died shortly after in the hospital.

There are conflicting testimonies as to whether Fadl was holding a knife at the time of the shooting. According to officials who could see him, this was not the case. No fingerprints of the victim were found on a knife that appeared at the crime scene. Public prosecutor's investigations into the case were initially discontinued in 2017 with reference to self-defense, but were resumed after an application by the Berlin Chamber Court. Activists are demanding that another prosecutor be given jurisdiction. The media cast doubts about the police portrayal of the crime.

At this point in time, the investigation is ongoing.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unwanted information? In: taz. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ "I want justice". In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Racist police violence in Germany: Oury Jalloh was not an isolated incident. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  4. ^ Exclusively in the first: State authority. In: ARD contrasts. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Didn't Hussam Hussein have a knife in his hand? In: rbb. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Hussam Fadl - Four shots and the silence afterwards. In: MDR. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ AGH printed matter 18/22992. Berlin House of Representatives, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Fadl, Hussam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iraqi police victim
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Iraq
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2016
Place of death Berlin