Danny Preuß
Died 25 January 2023
Who they were
Danny was 19 and came from Neumünster. He died while trying to shield his girlfriend Ann-Marie.
What happened
On 25 January 2023, Danny and his girlfriend Ann-Marie Kyrath were stabbed to death on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg near Brokstedt. Several other passengers were seriously injured. The attacker had been released from pre-trial detention six days earlier. The Itzehoe regional court sentenced him to life imprisonment with a finding of particular gravity of guilt; the verdict became final in January 2025.
Verdict / confirmation
Landgericht Itzehoe, 15 May 2024: life imprisonment, particular gravity of guilt; final after the Bundesgerichtshof rejected the appeal (14 Jan 2025).
Perpetrator: A 33-year-old stateless Palestinian who had been released from pre-trial detention in Hamburg six days before the attack (BGH, NDR).