The two young girls who killed their classmate Luise (12) in the German municipality of Freudenberg have received many death threats. “They have become hunted wild themselves,” says Josephine Ballon, an expert in online hate. A colleague of the mother of the 13-year-old main suspect does not understand how it came to this. “I know her mom as an open-minded person with many friends. She has taught her children the right values,” says the German newspaper Bild.
The exact motive for the atrocity remains unclear. According to ‘Bild’, Luise had recently been bullied by the other two girls and had told an adult about it. Earlier, our editors were told that Luise and her best friend were in love with the same boy and that had caused a fight for a while. The autopsy on the body shows that the victim was stabbed 32 times in the woods and then bled to death.
The police and the judiciary are calling for no further speculation. “On social media in particular, theories are circulating that are miles away from the findings in the study,” it sounds.
Composite family
According to ‘Bild’, the main suspect is the youngest child in a blended family. Her father works at the bank. From the outside it seemed like a normal family situation.
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A young salesman knew her mainly as a customer. She never came across as loud or cheeky to him. “I used to work in Siegen, a real city. Things were very different there, some children showed problematic behaviour. But in quiet Freudenberg? No, I never expected such a serious crime there.”
“But of course you never know what is going on behind the walls. Things like TikTok can cause a lot of trouble. Children live in a different world that parents have no insight into at all.”
Witch hunt
Due to the witch hunt that had arisen, the accounts of the perpetrators on social media have been removed. “It is precisely because it is such an emotional matter that a huge wave of online hate arose,” Ballon explains. traces. No matter how old the girls are, they will always be associated with this crime.”
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Our reporter on the spot sees a German village in complete shock after the murder of Luise (12): “She was stabbed 30 times because she was in love with the same boy” (+)
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