A German real-estate agent was murdered, in part, because one of the alleged killers persuaded the other that the victim was Jewish, according to testimony given to the court during their trial.
Mohammed O, a Syrian refugee, and Iyad B, a Palestinian, stand accused of killing Michael Riecher, who was found dead of strangulation last November.
According to the testimony of a third man, as reported by a local German paper, Shwarzwaelder Bote, a Palestinian-Lebanese barber who is said to have introduced the two men to each other, Mohammed O told Iyad B that Mr Riecher was Jewish, to which the latter said “they destroyed my homeland.”
The Syrian had previously conducted business with Mr Riecher, who had opened the safe while in his presence, reportedly enabling him to see a large quantity of gold and money inside.
