Three arrested after fatal stabbing of German student
Thomas Heinrich, 22, a music and media student from Frankfurt, died in hospital after he was stabbed having refused access to teenagers who tried to enter his apartment in Rialto.
He and his friend, fellow German Robert Rinker, were left bleeding in a hallway at Herberton Apartments on St Anthony’s Rd after the altercation at 5.30am. Both were taken to St James’s Hospital, where Mr Heinrich was later declared dead despite the efforts of surgeons. Mr Rinker, from Stuttgart, was in a serious but stable condition yesterday.
