German mayor fighting for life after being found in apartment with stab wounds

Emergency services stand next to a rescue helicopter in Herdecke, Germany, after the newly elected mayor of Herdecke, Iris Stalzer, was found critically injured in her apartment. Picture: Alex Talash/dpa via AP

The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found at her apartment on Tuesday with serious stab wounds, German media reported.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of “an abhorrent act”.