Germany: Iraqi Migrant Arrested For Pushing Ukrainian Teen In Front Of Freight Train

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A 16-year-old girl who fled Ukraine for Germany was speaking on the phone to her grandfather when she was fatally pushed in front of a freight train in Friedland earlier this month, according to reports.

Police say DNA evidence links a 31-year-old Iraqi migrant, Muhammad A., whose asylum application had already been rejected, to the attack.

As reported by Bild, the victim, identified as Liana K., was walking home from her dental assistant apprenticeship when she dialed her grandfather. According to Geisleden Mayor Markus Janitzki, who has supported the family since they fled Mariupol in 2022, “Her grandfather had to listen to everything. He heard screams, then just the sound of a train.”

Investigators believe the suspect shoved her from the platform with full force. Goettinger Tageblatt reported that DNA traces belonging to the suspect were found on her right shoulder, consistent with a forceful push. It also noted that while there was no CCTV footage at Friedland station, prosecutors confirmed the girl was on the phone when she was struck, and her grandfather heard the incident.

The 31-year-old man was initially questioned at the scene, where police had been called because of reports of a disturbance. Officers described him as “neither agitated nor threatening” and released him after he claimed to have found the victim’s body.

A breath test showed he was intoxicated at the time. He was not arrested until Aug. 29, more than two weeks later, when the incident was finally reported in the national media.

Liana’s family had rebuilt their lives in the German state of Thuringia after escaping the Russian invasion. Both parents found jobs, and Liana had graduated school, started her training, and cared for her younger brothers, aged 5 and 11. “She was loving, ambitious, hardworking, and learned German quickly. She was a role model for her brothers,” Mayor Janitzki said.

The suspect’s asylum claim had been rejected in December 2022 under the Dublin Regulation, with Lithuania deemed responsible for his case. A twisted irony is that, given his country of arrival into Europe, he likely entered via Russia or Belarus.

His appeal was dismissed in February 2025, but deportation procedures stalled. Authorities had even sought detention in July 2025, but the Hanover District Court rejected the application, calling it flawed.

Lower Saxony Interior Minister Daniela Behrens expressed her frustration, saying, “It is incomprehensible to citizens that people can stay in Germany for years even though a completely different EU country is responsible for them.”

The accused has a history of mental illness and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He is currently being held in a secure psychiatric facility while prosecutors examine whether he is criminally responsible.

Meanwhile, a fundraising campaign has been launched in Liana’s home community of Geisleden to support her parents and brothers with funeral costs. She is expected to be buried in mid-September.

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