A Man Who Attacked 2 Girls With a Knife in Germany and Killed 1 Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

A court official (L), removes the handcuffs from the defendant, who is covering his face with a file folder, in the hearing room of the Regional Court in Ulm, Germany, on July 4, 2023. Stefan Puchner/dpa via AP

BERLIN—A man who attacked two girls and killed one of them in Germany last year was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported.

The 27-year-old Eritrean, who came to Germany as an asylum seeker, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder with dangerous bodily injury, a regional court in the Bavarian city of Ulm ruled.