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A 32-year-old Colombian woman was kidnapped, threatened with death, drugged, and gang raped for three days in a building occupied by undocumented non-EU migrants, with five migrants now under arrest in Rome, Italy. The woman only managed to escape on the third day after running half-naked from the abandoned building.

Rome police say the woman was held captive for three days in an abandoned building on Via Tallone, during which she was reportedly subjected to multiple gang rapes under the threat of death.

🇮🇹🔴A woman was kidnapped for 3 days and continuously gang raped inside an abandoned building in Rome.

5 African migrants have been arrested after the building was raided by specialized police units.

The 32-year-old Colombian woman only managed to escape on the third day after… pic.twitter.com/dgmSWQPhjp

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 28, 2026

According to Secolo d’Italia, authorities arrested five migrants and charged them with kidnapping, gang rape, and other offenses. They have all been named by Italian media: 43-year-old Malian Harouna Traore, 29-year-old Gambian Saidykhan Lamin, 38-year-old Gambian Karamba Kanteh, 29-year-old Nigerian Isibor Wisdom, and 39-year-old Nigerian Paul Nwabueze.

During a raid on the building, police released images of various men who were arrested and detained in the building, which is covered in trash.

Additionally, 11 other individuals from non-EU countries who were found inside the same property have received deportation orders. They are being detained at repatriation centers in Ponte Galeria, Palazzo San Gervasio, and Bari.

According to findings detailed by the Flying Squad’s IV Section, the victim is a 32-year-old Colombian national who had arrived in Rome roughly 10 days prior to the incident. A statement from police headquarters notes that on the evening of May 19, the young woman was outside a restaurant when a man approached her, and she indicated to him that she wished to purchase hashish.

The man convinced her to go with him to pick up the drugs, leading her on a 30-minute walk to a van where she was forced inside and driven to Via Cesare Tallone.

This marked the beginning of her horrifying ordeal, as she was imprisoned against her will in the abandoned property and subjected to repeated sexual assaults by multiple perpetrators.

Investigators state that five specific suspects took turns assaulting her over a 36-hour period while threatening and terrorizing the woman.

Furthermore, the victim was allegedly incapacitated by narcotics that were provided by the men in the building, which severely restricted her ability to resist or flee. Her captivity ended on the third day when, following another assault, she managed to break free, run into the street half-naked, and seek help from a pedestrian who contacted emergency services.

Emergency responders transported her to Casilino hospital, where medical examinations revealed physical injuries consistent with sexual assault, alongside evidence of narcotic substances in her system.

The investigation, overseen by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Rome, then worked to find the building. Officers executed a raid on the abandoned complex to gather evidence and perform identity checks.

A total of 22 undocumented non-EU citizens were detained and taken to the police facility on Via Patini.

Following background checks, 11 of these individuals received deportation orders and were transferred to detention facilities in Ponte Galeria, Palazzo San Gervasio, and Bari. The five primary suspects were among this group and were positively identified by the victim through a photographic lineup.

The investigation continues; however, it is far from the only such case in recent years in Italy.

Just last month, another harrowing gang rape case hit Italy, with seven suspects, all with foreign backgrounds, charged for raping a 23-year-old victim in the Cesena countryside and filming the crime.

The victim was allegedly abused and filmed by the seven youths during a drug-fueled party in early April. The suspects, described as being “born in the city but of African and Asian origins,” are aged between 19 and 25.

They reportedly took advantage of the victim’s state of intoxication, and the films they recorded on their phones may now be the deciding piece of evidence in their case.

Another case about six months ago also sparked international headlines. Rome police arrested three Moroccan men accused of dragging an 18-year-old girl out of her boyfriend’s car and gang raping her while restraining her partner and forcing him to watch.

Investigators say the woman was attacked on the evening of Oct. 25 after a migrant gang surrounded the parked car where she and her 24-year-old boyfriend had stopped late at night in Tor Tre Teste park in the Italian capital.

However, these are only two additional examples among many in recent years. Remarkably, 43 percent of all sexual crimes in Italy are committed by foreigners despite making up a much smaller portion of the population.

Police officers from the Lubin district police station have detained three citizens of Uzbekistan who allegedly threatened an acquaintance with a knife, forced him into a vehicle, and drove him out of the city to a forest.

The victim, a 22-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, was beaten and left wounded in the forest before he managed to return to the city on his own, covered in blood. Law enforcement authorities arrested the three suspects, aged 22 and 23, on the same day the incident was reported.

The investigation began last week when the young Tajik citizen reported the assault and unlawful deprivation of liberty to the District Police Headquarters in Lubin. The victim explained that he was accosted by the perpetrators while he was at work, according to TVP3.

Junior Assistant Renata Ślęk provided details on the sequence of events, stating: “The perpetrators threatened him with a knife, forced him into a car with them, and then drove him out of town. There, the 22-year-old was beaten. He returned to the city on his own.”

Following the report, Lubin police officers quickly located and detained the three Uzbek citizens suspected of orchestrating the attack. The detainees were processed into a police cell and subsequently transferred to the prosecutor’s office to face formal charges.

The three suspects now face legal proceedings for unlawful deprivation of liberty, forcing another person to take a specific action, participating in a fight, and making criminal threats.

Under current legal guidelines for the crimes they are suspected of committing, the men could face up to five years in prison.

In the Spanish city of Madrid, 75 percent of families are unable to find a daycare place for their children, a fact that a Spanish left-wing politician Rita Maestre is now complaining about despite years of promoting open borders.

Maestre, a councilor for far-left Más Madrid, says her daughter is unable to secure a daycare spot, but what she does not mention is that the children of illegal immigrants actually receive a distinct advantage when it comes to securing their own spots.

🇪🇸🔴A Spanish left-wing politician – who has promoted open borders for years – is complaining that her young daughter is unable to receive a daycare spot in Madrid.

Rita Maestre, councilor for far-left Más Madrid, does not mention that increasingly, the children of migrants are… pic.twitter.com/za5FkPn653

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 19, 2026

In fact, illegal migrants receive extra “points” when applying to daycare simply because they are illegal migrants. They receive so many placement points that it amounts to the equivalent of their child having the same rights as a disabled child, according to Vox politician Isabel Pérez Moñino.

“In Madrid, we Spanish parents fund the daycare centers, and the illegals take the spots. Yes, yes—you heard that right. And it’s not VOX saying this; it’s stated in the official rating data published this week in Madrid,” she said, adding: “So everyone understands: being illegal scores the same as having a child with a disability. They laugh in our faces while thousands of working Spanish families wait months for a daycare spot.”

🇪🇸🔴“In Madrid, we Spanish parents fund the daycare centers, and the illegals take the spots."

In Madrid, 75% of families cannot find a daycare spot but the children of illegal immigrants are often eligible for a daycare spot first.

"So everyone understands: being illegal… pic.twitter.com/n8MYkZQHfr

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 19, 2026

In some of Madrid’s central and densely populated districts – such as Arganzuela, Chamartín, and Chamberí – the admission rate plummets to a mere 10 percent, meaning 9 out of 10 children are rejected.

Remarkably, the left-wing Maestre has also been criticized for seeking a publicly subsidized daycare spot when she earns over €100,000 a year in her political role, according to El Diario. Critics are calling her another member of the “wealthy left” complaining about the conditions she has brought on her own country.

“Rita Maestre has collected 870,000 euros of public money since 2015. It must be that it seems little to her and that is why she has asked that we pay for her daughter’s daycare,” read one comment on social media.

El Diario also writes about how her policy has directly contributed to the crisis, stating: “Some have recalled that leaders like Rita Maestre have been going on for years defending open-door immigration policies and constant expansion of public services to newcomers… and now they collide with a quite simple mathematical reality: if demand increases enormously and resources are limited, competition for places also skyrockets. In some Madrid districts, according to data from reports they themselves published, more than 50 percent of the places awarded in public nursery schools have been for foreign families.”

In general, 30 percent of Madrid’s population is born abroad, but for those children ages six and under, the share of foreign-born as well as children with a foreign background is significantly higher.

It is not just daycare spots though, as Madrid is dealing with a wave of foreigners overloading the healthcare system. Madrid hospitals have treated a record number of illegal migrants, while Spaniards face worsening healthcare delays. Health authorities in Madrid report a 44 percent rise in undocumented patients in one year, while the Canary Islands prepare to receive children from Gaza despite long waiting lists for local residents

Massively popular German Youtuber “Radical Living,” known for his comedic shorts about expat life and European countries, has opened up in a video about his decision to leave Germany, with crime and immigration playing a major role in his decision.

Incredibly, “Radical Living” even addresses the idea that Germany is not a democracy anymore, due to its efforts to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and exclude it at all levels of government participation.

The video has already garnered 1.7 million views.

“Once you have children, you also think about where you want to raise them, especially if you have a daughter. I don’t think Germany is a good place to raise a daughter anymore because women, in general, don’t feel safe walking down the street at night,” he said in the 36-minute video, which was published for his 2 million followers.

🇩🇪🔴"I'm leaving Germany."

Famous German Youtuber "Radical Living" with 2 million followers explains why he is leaving his country.

"Once you have children, you also think about where you want to raise them, especially if you have a daughter. I don't think Germany is a good… pic.twitter.com/GQQQvxgUs5

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 12, 2026

“You don’t have to take it from me; there are public petitions in all major German cities. Women want vouchers for free taxi rides at night, and in Berlin, they want women-only subway wagons. The stories you hear about what women have to endure in Berlin public transport are just messed up.”

What he does not mention is that 59 percent of all crimes involving sexual violence at train stations and trains involve migrants. There are now 90 violent crimes per day in German train stations and on trains, as trains increasingly become “no-go zones” that are a threat to women.

“If a woman can’t walk down the street at night and feel safe, you have failed as a society. It’s ridiculous that every time something happens, politicians just say we have a ‘knife problem’ or suggest women should dress differently.”

However, “Radical Living” is far from the only German feeling this way. Polling from the prestigious Allensbach Institute showed last year that 81 percent of Germans say there are too many refugees and that 58 percent of Germans believe there are too many foreigners in general. The survey also showed that the number of Germans who feel safe in their own country has dropped by one point since last year, falling to 60 percent, a new record low.

“Radical Living” points to the general feeling of insecurity felt, even in wealthier neighborhoods like Prenzlauer Berg.

“You can also see the decline in small things. You can’t go to the supermarket anymore without feeling like we’re living in a crime-polluted society.”

“Even in Prenzlauer Berg, one of the best neighborhoods in Berlin, you go into a drugstore like DM and have to ask the cashier to unlock basic products like shampoo or cream because they get stolen so much. Even in a normal supermarket like Edeka, they are locking up alcohol and Red Bulls—things that cost only €1.50—with security tags. What kind of society is this becoming?” he asks.

“Radical Living” also cites Christmas markets, which have become militarized due to the threat of Islamic terror suspects.

“Last year, several were canceled because they couldn’t afford the ‘terror defense’ anymore. It costs millions of euros to put those barriers up. If Christmas markets—a place of joy that people look forward to in December—get canceled because they can’t afford terror defense, many things have gone wrong in this country.”

However, he appears to try to soften the blow of his statements, saying: “Don’t get me wrong; I don’t want to blame this solely on migration. Migration isn’t a bad thing per se, but there are always going to be a few people who do stupid things, and you have to filter them out. Germany is doing an extremely bad job at that.”

Still, the comments section reveals what his real opinion is. He “hearts” two comments in particular, which indicate that he was trying to self-censor in order to avoid being censored or canceled.

One comment he liked was from user @92Vucgy, who wrote: “The sentence ‘We have a problem with knives in Germany’ just means we aren’t allowed to criticise the people carrying those knives cause of political reasons.”

The other comment he liked is: “I don’t want to blame it on migration ” TRANSLATING —> ‘if i say the truth I’ll get cancelled and possibly sent to jail for hate speech so I’m going to keep a low profile without being controversial even though I can’t express my real opinion on an obvious problem ‘ Man Europe really is falling apart… sending much love to you and your family.”

Despite his video touching on numerous topics, such as the country’s worsening economy, exploding welfare costs, and better options elsewhere, the most popular comments in the comments section appear to focus on mass immigration.

This comment received 701 replies, nearly all of them in agreement.

“Radical Living” discusses the AfD and freedom of speech

“Radical Living” also touches on the Alternative for Germany (AfD). He starts by addressing Germany’s crumbling infrastructure, coupled with the fact that Germany sends billions overseas every year in aid, including for foreign infrastructure projects.

“Just last year, a major bridge collapsed in the city of Dresden. So infrastructure in Germany is falling apart. They don’t have enough money, but they’re supporting other countries, which is a good thing. If you have the money, you should support other countries to your living standards. But if that comes at a cost of your own living standards, I’m not sure if that’s a good idea anymore. You should be only financing what you can afford. You shouldn’t spend money you don’t have.”

“Despite all this, people keep voting for the same two parties over and over again. For decades, two parties have been ruling this country CDU and SPD. They decided the future of Germany. That’s what we got from it. And apparently people don’t want to learn, especially for those two parties. Most people voting for them are over 60. They’re retirees, they have voted for those parties their whole lives and they’re not going to change it, most of them. And because Germany is such an aging country, the majority of people are actually above 60. They’re the biggest voter group, apart from people voting for the same parties over and over again,

Germany itself is not really a democracy anymore. I wouldn’t call it that because there’s this other party, AfD, and they are the second biggest party right now. But no other party will talk to them, vote with them, or discuss anything with them. They are just pretending they don’t exist, they have always done that. And they’re even trying to ban this other party, which doesn’t sound very democratic to me. They’re always accusing the AfD party of being undemocratic, but by not even talking to them, not letting them be part of the conversation, basically, they are being the undemocratic parties.”

“Radical Living” then makes a call for “discourse.”

“And in Germany, there is no discourse, not between the parties. And if you say anything that stands in the view of what this party represents, people will exclude you from society, or at least they will try to. And this is also a very dangerous situation because it’s creating an isolation for different groups of people in a society. And if certain groups of people feel isolated, they become more radicalized in both directions. And that is not good for a democracy. So Germany saying, ‘Oh, we are the most democratic country in the world.’ It’s absolute bullshit. It’s just not true.”

He says he believes other European countries have more democracy, such as Austria and the Netherlands, which have also had right-wing parties in parliament.

“You know, they are in talks with other parties, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but that’s what a democracy is. So I would say Germany calls itself a democracy, but it doesn’t act like one. That’s also the reason why the AfD has become so popular among a fifth or more of German voters, because there are old parties, and they won’t address the issues that have arisen in the last two decades. So that’s why the party was formed, right? Because people are unhappy with politics,” he said.

He goes on to note that Germany’s left has promoted violence against the right instead of compromise or debate.

“But in Germany, things are so divided between the people that the left is calling for violence against the right. The most absurd thing about this is that political actors from the left spectrum are encouraging this and saying, ‘Yeah, this is a good thing.’ Neither side should choose violence just to silence the opposition. That’s stuff from authoritarian countries.”

He also addresses the many house raids directed at people who have posted political memes or insulted politicians.

“And in general, I don’t see Germany heading in a good way when it comes to free speech. People are getting arrested for posting memes on the internet, literally. Five years ago, you could have only imagined this from authoritarian countries in Africa or the Middle East or something like that. That would have been unimaginable in Europe. But now the UK is mass-arresting people. Germany is following suit. Comedy is over. Memes are over. Critical thinking is not allowed on the internet anymore. Nowadays, people even get arrested for stating facts. It’s kind of ridiculous.”

Are there really better options?

Other comments focused on what many users say is a problem across the West, with users from Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Belgium all saying the problems are the same in their own countries.

As for his own choice, “Radical Living” states that he is currently living in Cyprus in his full 36-minute video and describes how it is now filled with German entrepreneurs and young people — all trying to escape the German system.

“From all the people I know, and I know a lot of freelancers and people who have small businesses. None of them wants to stay in Germany. They either have already left, are about to leave, or are planning to leave. I am here right now in Cyprus. I’ve gone to some meetups here, and it’s like full of German entrepreneurs that have all left, and they’re all leaving to not just here. You know, there’s tens of thousands of entrepreneurs living here with businesses. They just can’t take it anymore. The system in Germany, they come here, they go to Spain, they go to other places, you know, anywhere but Germany to do business.”

“Radical Living” has amassed millions of followers through his comedic takes, which are also popular with young people and left-wing viewers. As a result, this video, which has 1.7 million views, is sure to reach a wide audience. Many of his shorts have well over 100 million views.

His honest face-to-face monologue on his own channel also represents how the German media establishment in the country is increasingly unable to control the narrative, with podcasters, comedians, and influencers outside of the state-backed media complex speaking about the untouchable issues of immigration and the corruption of the current establishment parties. Many Germans are choosing to turn off their televisions and are turning to these alternative voices by the millions, which has only increased calls from the EU to censor platforms like X where these voices thrive.

As for Radical Living, he does not see a rosy future for Germany anytime soon, stating: “I’d love to help fix it, you know, but then you would have to go into politics and then you have to deal with all the people that are already there, which will drive you mad for the rest of your life. So the only option you have left is to leave. In the end, it all comes down to quality of life, and quality of life in Germany is degrading every year more and the pace seems to be accelerating. So I don’t think that country will be a good place to live in the foreseeable future.”

As Indian enrollment at German universities reaches record highs, educational authorities and university representatives are sounding the alarm. Recent reports highlight a growing trend of “questionable business models” and deceptive placement agencies that are increasingly exploiting international students, as reported by Zeit.

Joybrato Mukherjee, president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), warned in Zeit about “freeloaders” seeking to capitalize on the student boom. He specifically pointed to commercial brokerage firms in India that have turned university admissions into a lucrative, yet opaque, industry.

“These so-called placement agencies in India are a gray market—and a core of the problem,” Mukherjee stated. “In India, agency business has so far been unregulated, opaque, and characterized by many dubious providers.”

Remix News already last year that there has been a 1,059 percent increase in Indians in Berlin between 2015 and 2025, which mirrors the explosive growth of Indians in Western countries across the world. The article also explores many of the numerous negative effects this development has brought to the West.

The growth in Indian students is staggering

The statistical rise of Indian students is massive, with nearly 60,000 Indians currently enrolled in German higher education, a fivefold increase from the 12,000 recorded just a decade ago.

According to the DAAD, Indiain intermediaries often operate without transparency, leaving students with high expectations that are frequently unmet upon arrival in Germany. Both the German Embassy in New Delhi and Indian authorities have reportedly begun monitoring these developments more strictly.

However, Mukherjee notes that German authorities have been aggressively recruiting Indian students in recent years, “also in connection with the shortage of skilled workers and demographic developments.”

These Indian students are primarily attracted to STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), with many of these students entering the labor market. However, at the same time, these newcomers are hurting an already reeling labor market in many areas, including programming. Silicon Valley, for instance, is cutting tens of thousands of positions as artificial intelligence and offshoring contribute to a sea change in employment.

The scrutiny is also turning toward Germany’s private education sector. Currently, about one in five Indian students is enrolled at a private institution, with IU International University hosting the largest share.

While Mukherjee acknowledged that there are “very reputable, high-quality private universities,” he raised serious concerns regarding state recognition and the quality of certain accredited programs. He noted that in some cases, there are “very questionable offers.”

The DAAD is now calling for more decisive action to protect the country’s academic standing, including stricter control and enhanced oversight of private university accreditation as well as a crackdown on providers with problematic business models.

In addition, Germany has to look out for its own educational reputation, which relies on it being a credible and prestigious “center of science.”

An African migrant with an incredible seven deportation orders stabbed Italian father Santo Re to death last year, but the family is now opening up to the media about the horror they have to live with and the fact that they feel the state has failed them. In fact, they went so far as to sue the Italian government over negligence in the case.

The 30-year-old Santo, who was headed to work on May 30, 2025, as a pastry chef at Quaranta bar on Catania’s Ognina seafront, had parked in front of the highly popular pastry shop when he was approached by 37-year-old undocumented migrant Akbahue Innocent, from Zimbabwe. Innocent was working as an unauthorized parking attendant. The foreigner stabbed the victim six times after the pastry chef refused to pay for parking.

Remarkably, it was revealed after the murder, that the two men knew each other and Santo had reportedly offered the man assistance on several previous occasions.

🇮🇹🔴An African migrant with an incredible 7 deportation orders stabbed Italian father Santo Re to death. Santo leaves behind a 4-month-old baby girl.

Santo's family says that 37-year-old undocumented migrant Akbahue Innocent, from Zimbabwe, should have been removed from the… pic.twitter.com/asFSOpV9cG

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 6, 2026

Santo leaves behind a 4-month-old baby girl.

“Santo was a father. Many times when I see dads accompanying their daughters, taking a walk together, or going to get ice cream, I know that she will never be able to do that,” said Santo’s partner.

Santo’s sister also spoke out, saying: “It is something I cannot and do not want to accept, because my brother died because of a person who should not have been in Italy. He had seven orders, seven! Not one, but seven! Seven deportation orders from the national territory, three of which with forced accompaniment to the border, but not a single one was ever executed.”

In fact, due to the extraordinary nature of the case, in which the illegal migrant suspect had seven deportation orders, the family sued the Italian government, which is run by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Specifically, they targeted the Italian Interior Ministry, arguing that the government failed to take action against Innocent, which directly led to the death of Santo.

The legal team argued that the Interior Ministry was responsible, stating that “if Akbahue had been expelled, Santo would not have died.” They contended that because the ministry “allowed and tolerated the permanence on national territory of a subject qualified as dangerous,” the ministry is liable.

Despite the legal action, the courts found that the interior ministry was not liable to compensate the family of Santo. The Catania Assize Court issued this ruling, rejecting a request from the legal representatives of the victim’s widow and relatives.

The lawyers had sought to summon the ministry as civilly responsible in the murder trial of Santo R, reported Italian newspaper il Giornale.

In its decision, the court ruled that “The responsibility of the public administration is not covered by legislation.” This ruling is considered a significant precedent as it establishes in writing that the ministry cannot be held responsible in such cases, even when the government fails to protect its own citizens. The court specifically determined that the public administration is not liable for criminal actions committed by an illegal immigrant even when the government has failed to expel that migrant a total of seven times.

However, the courts have ruled exactly the opposite in other cases when the plaintiff is a migrant. For example, previous cases ordered the Interior Ministry to compensate migrants for delays in authorizing disembarkation from NGO vessels, or for the transfer and detention of individuals in facilities in Albania.

The criminal record of Innocent shows he had seven deportation orders in Italy between 2007 and the present day, three of which were issued in Catania starting in 2017. He was also banned from accessing the city’s downtown. In July 2019, when Innocent worked as an illegal parking attendant on Ognina’s seafront promenade, in Piazza Mancini Battaglia, he attacked two police officers who were trying to fine him and punched and kicked them before being stopped by the Carabinieri. He was arrested for intentional bodily harm and resisting and insulting a public official.

One of the two officers was hit in the face and taken to the emergency room for treatment. He was imprisoned for this crime.

The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office is trying 48-year-old Fahad A., charging him with “70 counts of murder, as well as crimes against humanity through killings, torture, and deprivation of liberty.”

The man was able to apply for asylum in Germany in 2023 as a war refugee, but now, the prosecution alleges that the defendant served as a prison guard and secret service agent who partook in brutal forms of torture while serving the former regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Fahad A. was initially able to live with his family in Pirmasens, located in Germany’s western Palatinate, until his alleged past came to light and Federal Criminal Police Office arrested him in May 2025.

Investigators allege that Fahad A. served as a non-commissioned officer within the Syrian secret service, specifically working as a guard at the infamous Al-Khatib prison in Damascus, according to Bild newspaper.

This prison is widely recognized as a site where thousands of activists, political opposition members, and Syrian citizens were systematically tortured and abused.

The indictment states that between April 2011 and April 2012, Fahad A. allegedly tortured at least 115 individuals. Despite the charges against him, he entered court holding up a “V” sign with his fingers for victory and smiled as the charges were read out to him.

The indictment detailed torture methods that involved the use of electric shocks, beatings with cables and blunt objects, and waterboarding to simulate drowning. It is further alleged that prisoners were doused with cold water throughout the night to induce extreme terror.

It remains unclear how investigators identified the defendant’s role in these alleged crimes.

The prosecution also highlighted the cruelty of “welcome parties,“ during which new arrivals were reportedly beaten so severely that some succumbed to their injuries the very same day. During the defendant’s tenure at the prison, at least 70 people lost their lives.

Fahad A.’s attorney, Jamil Azem, stated at the beginning of the court proceedings: “I expect a fair trial, and that at the end it will be determined that he was at the very bottom of the chain of command and not responsible for such atrocities.“

Some survivors and family members of those murdered are hoping for justice.

Feras Fayyad, a Syrian filmmaker who was previously detained at the same prison, shared his perspective: “I hope he is confronted with every single act and what he has done to us and our lives. I hope for justice.“

This trial, which may continue until 2027, is poised to be a landmark case in Germany’s efforts to address Syrian war crimes.

At the same time, questions are being raised about how a man allegedly involved in so many atrocities was able to enter Europe, travel across the continent, and gain access to German territory. It further highlights the threat of jihadists and war criminals entering Europe with little to no oversight or supervision. It also raises the possibility that others involved in atrocities in the Middle East, North Africa, or other locations are currently residing in Europe undetected.

With roughly 1 million Syrians currently residing in Germany, the case underscores the ongoing challenge of distinguishing victims from the perpetrators of the conflicts they fled.

In fact, Fahad A. is not the first person to be tried for similar crimes. In 2024, Anwar R. was sentenced to life in prison in Germany for his role in torturing prisoners to death for Assad. In addition, Eyad A. was sentenced to four years for aiding and abetting Anwar R. In addition, Alaa M. was arrested by German police for torturing detainees in Homs for the Assad regime.

German airline giant Lufthansa is scaling back its operations in response to skyrocketing fuel prices. Following the closure of its regional subsidiary CityLine, the airline group is canceling thousands of flights to achieve a reduction of 40,000 tons of kerosene, the company announced in Frankfurt.

With the price of jet fuel doubling since the outbreak of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, there are reports that Europe’s supply of jet fuel is down to only weeks if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened. The continent receives between 50 and 75 percent of its jet fuel from countries that must transit fuel via the strait, leaving Europe’s airline industry especially vulnerable due.

With Lufthansa’s adjustments, the number of uneconomical short-haul flights would decrease. Lufthansa’s offerings are to be optimized over the summer via the six hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Brussels, and Rome. Passengers would thus continue to have access to the global route network, assuming the crisis does not worsen.

The first 120 daily flight cancellations, effective until the end of May, were implemented on Monday, according to Lufthansa. The passengers concerned have been informed.

The routes from Frankfurt to Bydgoszcz and Rzeszow in Poland and Stavanger in Norway are temporarily cancelled. Ten connections within the group are to run via other airports. Those affected are Heringsdorf, Cork, Gdansk, Ljubljana, Rijeka, Sibiu, Stuttgart, Trondheim, Tivat, and Wroclaw.

Lufthansa is also revising its medium-term route planning in view of the reduction in its capacity. Details are expected to be published at the end of April and beginning of May. The group expects a “largely stable fuel supply” for the flights now planned in the summer flight schedule.

In a new poll from YouGov, the Alternative for Germany (AfD0 party jumped to 27 percent, now four points ahead of the rival Christian Democrats (CDU), in a sign that the AfD continues to distance itself as the most popular party in Germany.

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel was quick to publish the poll results on X, writing: “4 percentage points ahead of the Union, 4 out of 5 citizens dissatisfied with Merz: We no longer have time for undemocratic firewalls. The political turnaround must happen now.”

4 Prozentpunkte Abstand zur Union, 4 von 5 Bürgern unzufrieden mit Merz: Wir haben keine Zeit mehr für undemokratische Brandmauern. Die politische Wende muß jetzt erfolgen. pic.twitter.com/rWe3sm04RU

— Alice Weidel (@Alice_Weidel) April 15, 2026

The governing parties that make up the federal government are seeing their fortunes quickly fall.

The CDU/CSU fell by three percentage points to 23 percent, which was the lowest figure measured by YouGov since December 2021. The SPD figure is at 13 percent, which fell one point from 14 percent. Meanwhile, the Greens and the Left each gained one point, jumping to 14 percent and 10 percent respectively.

According to the poll, more and more Germans are dissatisfied, totaling 79 percent, with the work of the federal government led by Friedrich Merz. In comparison, in June 2025, this value was only at 55 percent.

Most threatening for Merz, CDU voters are increasingly turning on his government, with only 34 percent saying they are satisfied, falling from 48 percent in March.

Other polls have shown AfD at the top, but with a narrower margin, averaging between 25 and 26 percent of the vote.

Despite the AfD leading, the CDU has vowed to never form a coalition with the party. If the AfD’s values hold into the next national election, it may become increasingly difficult to form a coalition without the party’s support.

Jashandeep Badhan, a 20-year-old of Indian origin, was mentally competent when he killed 18-year-old Sara Centelleghe with 67 scissor stabs on the night of October 25-26, 2024. That is the conclusion reached by psychiatric experts appointed by both the court and the prosecution — a finding that clears the way for a life sentence.

The Assize Court, presided over by Judge Patrizia Ingrasci with colleague Roberto Palermo, had commissioned a psychiatric evaluation from expert Filippo Tancredi. Prosecutor Raffaella Latorraca’s own consultant, Sergio Monchieri, independently reached the same conclusion.

While the evaluation identified a range of psychological issues — including a personality disorder without further specification and moderate use of narcotics such as cocaine and cannabinoids — none were found to have impaired Badhan’s mental capacity at the time of the killing, according to Il Giorno news outlet.

Tancredi pointed to “anger management difficulties” and a “borderline narcissistic aspect.”

The murder

Sara lived with her mother in an apartment on Via Nazionale in Costa Volpino. On the night of the murder, her classmates threw a party for her. A friend of Sara’s had arranged a drug trade with Badhan — cocaine for hashish. The friend went downstairs to wait for him outside, but Badhan did not show up at the agreed meeting point. Instead, he waited for the right moment and slipped into the apartment, believing he would find more drugs inside that he could steal instead of trading.

While searching the apartment, he made enough noise while searching through a bag to wake Sara, who began screaming.

The brutality that came next was unbelievable. He first began punching her, but then he stabbed her dozens of times with a pair of scissors. Experts determined that Sara fought back and tried to defend herself before being strangled and dying on the floor of her own home.

Badhan fled through the garage. Sara’s friend returned shortly afterward, found the body, and raised the alarm.

From the earliest stages of the investigation, Badhan admitted his role in the killing. However, he claimed to have been heavily intoxicated at the time, saying he had consumed cocaine, opiates, and hashish that night specifically to “calm down.” The psychiatric evaluation has now rejected the drug consumption as a mitigating factor.

The trial is coming to a conclusion, and a verdict is expected on April 22. Badhan faces life imprisonment.

When asked about the psychiatric evaluation findings – which confirmed Badhan was mentally competent at the time of the killing – she offered a quietly heartbreaking response. “It changes little, because my daughter will never come back. She was my only child,”

At one of the early court hearings, upon seeing the defendant in the courtroom, she broke down in tears and was unable to hold them back.

The case has drawn criticism from Italian journalist Francesco Totolo, who wrote on X: “Does anyone remember 18-year-old Sara Centelleghe, killed in October 2024 with 67 scissor stabs in her home by a neighbor? No, right? The 20-year-old Jashandeep Badhan is not a ‘healthy son of the Italian patriarchy.’

Qualcuno si ricorda della 18enne Sara Centelleghe, uccisa nell’ottobre 2024 con 67 colpi di forbice nella sua abitazione da un vicino di casa?

No vero?

Il 20enne Jashandeep Badhan non è un “figlio sano del patriarcato” italiano. pic.twitter.com/Zh9cNjFrzJ

— Francesca Totolo (@fratotolo2) March 31, 2026

The murder of the young girl has left her family, friends and community in deep mourning.

At a ceremony commemorating her life and the installation of a memorial, the 18-year-old’s classmates and friends displayed a white banner with the words: “Sara is always one of us”. 

One of the speakers said: “Sara was our special friend, a young student who was approaching life full of dreams and hopes. She dreamed of being a surgeon.”

For Sara, this would have been the year of growing up; what happened to her is not right.”