Who shot Walter Lübcke? Staff and neighbors are in shock, they cannot explain the death of the former Prime Minister of Kassel. They hope for a quick resolution.
Since Saturday night is in Istha, as before. Everyone here knew who Walter Lübcke was. The people in the 900 inhabitants of the village knew his name long before he was shot. As the President of the government, he was one of the most powerful leaders in the Region. With high pressure the police are trying to reconstruct what happened on that Saturday night. Yet she has not announced whether there is a trace. It will be determined in all directions. What is certain: The 65-year-old Walter Lübcke was killed from a short distance with a head shot, the weapon is not yet found. A family member found him around midnight, in the garden. Two hours later, he was declared to be in a hospital for dead. The police have not asked to speculate on possible motives and Suspects.
At the point where the asphalt road becomes a dirt road, is a police car. A Kindergarten is located opposite the Lübckes house. A tape seal off the house and a Playground. Next door are two horses grazing in a pasture. Behind the tape, two cops are. They talk to each other. It is your job to guard the house. A total of 20 investigators to work the case.
Walter Lübckes family was not allowed to return on the Tuesday in your house
Neighbors in shock
On the road, not far from Lübckes house three neighbours, a man and two women. Your name don’t you want to call it. The incident has disturbed you. “Berlin-Neukölln welcome,” says the male residents in reference to the city quarter in Berlin, which is for many the epitome of crime.
The neighbors try to imagine what exactly happened in Lübckes house on Saturday. On the weekend of the year, the market was in Istha – the tents and booths of the showmen were almost to the property line of Lübckes house. I guess it was too loud to be able to shots heard, they say. The male residents suspected that he must have been at exactly the same time, to the place of the murder, on his way home, passing by the house is gone. “What would you have done if the killer would come out?”, the wife asks. He would have him “run it,” says the neighbor. That would be the only Sensible intervention is far too dangerous.
“Did you read the hate speech on the Internet?”, asks one of the women. Various media had reported that Lübcke have received during the refugee crisis in 2015, threats of murder. The Region had, like many in Germany at the time, refugees from Syria and other Parts of the world. Lübcke President was as an government for the establishment of reception camps. At a Council meeting in October 2015, he was jeered violently. Lübcke argued that it is worthwhile to live in Germany and for the local values to enter. “Who doesn’t represent these values, can not leave this country at any time, if he agrees”. The session had to be interrupted. Lübcke had received in the aftermath of multiple anonymous death threats. So far, however, there is no concrete evidence that the perpetrator is actually out of this group of people. There is nothing left for the neighbours to speculate.
Flowers and candles in front of the office Lübckes
Grief and uncertainty
Also, the employees of the government Presidium in Kassel, Germany, are in shock. In front of the regional office of the candles and flowers are laid down. A condolence book is on a table, a black-and-white photo shows Walter Lübcke. On Monday a minute’s silence was held, so that the municipal employees were able to jointly mourn. Here, a half hour’s drive from Istha removed, had Lübcke worked. As the head of the government Bureau, he stated the responsibility for 1300 employees, from the IRS to the foreigners authority, press spokesman for Michael Conrad. He rejects any speculation about what might have happened to his former superiors in the course. “We want to be no basis for the rumors,” he says. The death threats back to the subject years.
“Was Mr Lübcke because popular?”, I have a question.
“Very,” he says.
“Was he a good boss?”
“Very.”
“Is there something in particular you are missing?”
“Everything.”
Also Lübckes neighbors tell that the mood in Istha is pressed since Lübckes death. Everywhere in the village neighbors meet on the street and try to understand what is happening with Walter Lübcke. A woman says of the incident, have you moved to, from now on, your door is complete. You’ve done this before, never. However, since Saturday night is in Istha, as before.