6 h. ago German mayor was found fighting for life with stab wounds after 'screaming' row in her house, neighbours reveal as she refuses to name attacker and her adopted daughter, 17, becomes suspect

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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7 h. ago German mayor left fighting for life in frenzied stabbing refuses to name her attacker

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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7 h. ago German mayor in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the attack which happened just days after the mayor was elected

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8 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘13 times’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the attack which happened just days after the mayor was elected

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24 h. ago German mayor fights for life after being repeatedly stabbed at her home as her adopted son, 15, and daughter, 17, 'are questioned by police'

Iris Stalzer was found, seriously injured, by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.

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24 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘by several men’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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25 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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26 h. ago German mayor fights for life after being repeatedly stabbed at her home a week after being elected

Iris Stalzer was found, seriously injured, by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.

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27 h. ago German mayor fights for life after being stabbed outside her home 'by several men'

Iris Stalzer, 57, was found seriously injured by her son in her apartment in Herdecke-Herrentisch on Tuesday, according to German outlet Bild.

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27 h. ago German mayor Iris Stalzer stabbed by ‘multiple men’ near home leaving her fighting for life as cops issue major alert

A NEWLY elected German mayor is reportedly fighting for her life after a brutal knife attack outside her home. Iris Stalzer, 57, was allegedly stabbed multiple times in the stomach and back by "several men" in North Rhine-Westphalia. Her son is said to have found the SPD politician seriously wounded inside her flat after Tuesday's...

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