German Mayor Iris Stalzer Survives Torture, Stabbing At Home
October 19, 2025
5:32 pm
German Police say newly elected Herdecke Mayor Iris Stalzer was tortured and stabbed by her adopted daughter in a shocking case that gripped Germany.
The newly elected mayor of a small German town was allegedly tortured and stabbed by her teenage daughter in an attack that has shocked the nation, Police said on Wednesday October 8, 2025.
Iris Stalzer, 57, who was elected Mayor of Herdecke in western Germany on September 28, 2025, was found with multiple stab wounds at her home on Tuesday October 7, 2025. She is expected to assume office on November 1, 2025.
Authorities said emergency …
