Fifteen-year-old Mia was stabbed to death in the southwestern town of Kandel last December. Her ex-boyfriend, a refugee, has been charged with her murder, triggering a series of anti-migrant protests.
The murder of a 14-year-old girl, allegedly by a rejected asylum-seeker, raises explosive questions about Germany's refugee system. The crime reveals serious shortcomings in how those seeking asylum are dealt with.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said the man wanted for questioning in the murder of a 14-year-old girl in Mainz has been taken into custody in Iraq. The suspect is thought to have fled Germany last week.