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Attack against 17-year-old: Bad Godesberg mourns the death of Niklas P.

Attack against 17-year-old : Bad Godesberg mourns the death of Niklas P.

Bells were ringing at noon for 17-year-old Niklas P. The victim of a senseless attack, he succumbed to his injuries.

17-year-old Niklas P. has died as a result of the injuries he sustained in a brutal beating last weekend in Bad Godesberg. Police reported on Friday morning that the youth from Bad Breisig had passed away overnight. He had been in critical condition since the attack.

As reported, Niklas P. was with some friends making their way home at about 12:20 a.m. (late Friday night into Saturday morning) when they came upon a group of four young men at the corner of Rheinallee and Rüngsdorfer Straße. Three men from that group attacked the 17-year-old so savagely that he fell to the ground, where they kept beating and kicking him. Police are calling this a new dimension of violence.

The City Attorney has put out a reward for 3,000 euro for anyone who can provide information that will lead to the arrest of those responsible. Law enforcement authorities handed out 800 flyers near the crime scene, and at 500 schools and businesses. Flyers in the Arabic and Turkish languages were also printed and handed out.

On Friday at 12 noon, bells rang across churches in Bad Godesberg for Niklas P. This gesture will be repeated on Saturday. It is a way of showing solidarity and condolences for his family and friends, and to serve as a reminder that people need to live together without violence. In the afternoon, the church put up a cross with his name on it where the beating took place.

A book of condolences will be available for signing beginning midday at St. Marien (Burgstraße 45) in Bonn. The book will later be given to his family. Niklas and his family will be remembered in prayer at a Pentecost service Saturday evening at 10 pm. at Herz Jesu Kirche, Beethovenallee 38. Everyone is invited to come to the service.(Orig. text: ga)