Nigerian Man Seeking Asylum Kills His Girlfriend In Germany

A Nigerian, identified as Anthony I, who sought asylum in Germany and lied that he was gay and had fought B/Haram, is on trial in Muenster, Germany for stabbing his lover to death earlier this year.Prosecutors said the 28yrs old Anthony brutally murdered Soopika Paramanathan, a 22yrs old German student known locally as the “Angel of Ahaus” for her volunteer work with refugees.

Anthony attacked Soopika on Feb. 11 after she ended their relationship, prosecutors said, he allegedly stabbed her repeatedly with a long-bladed knife in her head, neck and breasts. He was said to have stabbed the lady over 50 times.

She sprayed his face with pepper spray in defence and was raced to a local hospital but later died after suffering substantial blood loss.

Anthony had bought a large suitcase in which he intended to stuff her body and dump it into a lake after he stabbed her repeatedly in the street.

He was stuffing Soopika’s body into the large suitcase on the street when witnesses said they spotted him. He escaped from the crime scene and was caught by police in Basel, Switzerland two days later.

Nigerian Anthony I, 28, killed student Soopika Paramanathan, 22, out of jealousy, said prosecutors at a court in Muenster city in North Rhine-Westphalia.