1984 Duisburg arson attack | |
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Location | Duisburg |
Date | 26 August 1984 |
Attack type | arson |
Deaths | 7 (including 4 children) |
Injured | 23 |
Perpetrators | Evelin D. |
Motive | disputed |
The Duisburg arson attack was an attack on a Turkish house in Duisburg, Germany in 1984. [1] It was the first arson attack on a Turkish migrant family in Duisburg and Germany. [2]
In the 1980s, there was several attacks on migrants in Germany. [3]
It was reported in local and regional media that the fire spread quickly throughout the building from the ground floor through the wooden staircase of the old building. [1] Seven members of the Satır family died, [4] and 23 people were wounded. Only the two daughters of the family managed to flee by jumping out of the window, and were seriously injured. [5] The father Ramazan Satır, who was not at the house, was unharmed. [2] The victims were Döndü Satır, (40), Zeliha and Rasim Turhan (18) and their son Tarık Turhan (1 month), Çiğdem Satır (7), Ümit Satır (5) and Songül Satır (4). [6] The family was originally from Adana, Turkey, [7] and they were buried in the village of Köprülü in Ceyhan. [1]
The case was closed in 1996 when Evelin D. was identified as the perpetrator. She was the perpetrator of another previous attack in Duisburg in 1993 on a migrant family as well. She was a pyromaniac, which caused the court to drop the possibility of the attacks being racially motivated. However the victims and activist organizations have claimed that the attack was caused by xenophobia. [2] [7] [8]
The short film Made in Germany 3 was inspired by the event. [9] The “Initiative Duisburg 1984” organization founded in 2018 has the aim to bring the forgotten arson attack back into the public consciousness. [10] The attack was commemorated in 2019, and a podcast was made with the survivors. [6] [7]
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1984 Duisburg arson attack | |
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Location | Duisburg |
Date | 26 August 1984 |
Attack type | arson |
Deaths | 7 (including 4 children) |
Injured | 23 |
Perpetrators | Evelin D. |
Motive | disputed |
The Duisburg arson attack was an attack on a Turkish house in Duisburg, Germany in 1984. [1] It was the first arson attack on a Turkish migrant family in Duisburg and Germany. [2]
In the 1980s, there was several attacks on migrants in Germany. [3]
It was reported in local and regional media that the fire spread quickly throughout the building from the ground floor through the wooden staircase of the old building. [1] Seven members of the Satır family died, [4] and 23 people were wounded. Only the two daughters of the family managed to flee by jumping out of the window, and were seriously injured. [5] The father Ramazan Satır, who was not at the house, was unharmed. [2] The victims were Döndü Satır, (40), Zeliha and Rasim Turhan (18) and their son Tarık Turhan (1 month), Çiğdem Satır (7), Ümit Satır (5) and Songül Satır (4). [6] The family was originally from Adana, Turkey, [7] and they were buried in the village of Köprülü in Ceyhan. [1]
The case was closed in 1996 when Evelin D. was identified as the perpetrator. She was the perpetrator of another previous attack in Duisburg in 1993 on a migrant family as well. She was a pyromaniac, which caused the court to drop the possibility of the attacks being racially motivated. However the victims and activist organizations have claimed that the attack was caused by xenophobia. [2] [7] [8]
The short film Made in Germany 3 was inspired by the event. [9] The “Initiative Duisburg 1984” organization founded in 2018 has the aim to bring the forgotten arson attack back into the public consciousness. [10] The attack was commemorated in 2019, and a podcast was made with the survivors. [6] [7]
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