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German people have paid their final respects to Tugce Albayrak who was killed defending two girls from harassment.
Tugce Albayrak died on November 28 after she was hit on the head and left in a coma outside a McDonald’s near Frankfurt.
Hundreds of mourners attended a service at a local mosque before she was due to be buried in her home town.
An 18-year-old man remained in custody over the November 15 attack, which shocked Germany.
The funeral took place at a mosque in Waechtersbach, attended by Hesse’s state PM Volker Bouffier. The Turkish ambassador was also due to take part in the service.
Volker Bouffier spoke of the “horror” of the attack that had made her death all the sadder.
The funeral procession then set off for a cemetery in the village of Bad Soden-Salmuenster, where Tugce Albayrak was born.
Tugce Albayrak intervened when she heard cries for help from the toilet of a fast food restaurant in the town of Offenbach, where two girls were being harassed, German media report.
She was left in a coma after one of the men returned and attacked her in the car park.
Bild newspaper published CCTV footage of the incident on December 1.
A man is seen trying to restrain the suspect, named only as Senal M, before he throws the fatal punch which leaves Tugce Albayrak lying flat on the ground, motionless among a group of people.
The student teacher was in a coma for two weeks before doctors said that she would never regain consciousness and was brain dead.
Tugce Albayrak’s parents switched off her life support on her 23rd birthday.
Prosecutors said initial post mortem examination results established she had died from blunt force to the head, but were unable to say whether she had been struck on the head or hit her head as she fell.
Tugce Albayrak’s actions have been praised by Germany’s President Joachim Gauck who called her a role model and said that she had shown “exemplary courage and moral fortitude”.
A petition calling for Tugce Albayrak, an ethnic Turk, to be awarded the national order for merit posthumously has gathered more than 100,000 signatures.
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A car park surveillance video shows a man striking Tugce Albayrak, who died after trying to stop the harassment of two girls.
Tugce Albayrak’s death on November 28 left Germany in shock. There were candle-lit vigils in Berlin and other cities.
The girls whom Tugce Albayrak defended have not yet given statements to police.
Bild newspaper published the video of the November 15 attack, outside a fast-food restaurant in the town of Offenbach, near Frankfurt.
Another man is seen trying to restrain the suspect, named only as Senal M, before he throws the fatal punch which leaves Tugce Albayrak lying flat on the ground, motionless among a group of people.
The student teacher was in a coma for two weeks before her life support was switched off on November 28, her 23rd birthday.
Tugce Albayrak had intervened when she heard cries for help from the toilet of a fast food restaurant, German media report.
A post mortem examination was expected to be carried out on December 1, to determine whether it was the punch that killed her or the impact to her head when she hit the ground.
Thousands of Germans paid tribute to Tugce Albayrak at the weekend.
Germany’s President Joachim Gauck said she had shown “exemplary courage and moral fortitude”.
Police in Offenbach were hopeful that the release of the video would stir further witnesses to come forward.
The suspect, 18, is in custody. He is from the Sandzak region of Serbia and has confessed to striking Tugce Albayrak, German public radio station Deutsche Welle reports.
A petition calling for Tugce Albayrak, an ethnic Turk, to be awarded the national order for merit posthumously has gathered more than 100,000 signatures.
Confirming he would consider the award, President Joachim Gauck wrote to her family to say: “Like countless citizens, I am shocked and appalled by this terrible act. Tugce has earned gratitude and respect from us all.
“She will always remain a role model to us, our entire country mourns with you.”
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Germany is paying tribute to student Tugce Albayrak who was killed after defending two teenage girls reportedly being harassed by a group of men.
Around 150 people attended a vigil in Berlin in Tugce Albayrak’s memory on November 30.
President Joachim Gauck has described the student as a “role model”.
A18-year-old man is in custody over the November 15 attack, which left Tugce Albayrak in a coma. Her life support was switched off on Friday.
Tugce Albayrak had intervened when she heard cries for help from the toilet of a fast food restaurant in the town of Offenbach, near Frankfurt, where the two girls were being harassed, German media report.
Later, one of the men returned and attacked her in the car park, striking her head with a stone or a bat.
Tugce Albayrak’s parents made the decision to turn off life support on her 23rd birthday when doctors told them she would never regain consciousness and was brain-dead.
A petition calling for Tugce Albayrak to be awarded the national order for merit posthumously has gathered over 100,000 signatures.
Confirming he would consider the award, President Joachim Gauck wrote to her family to say: “Like countless citizens, I am shocked and appalled by this terrible act. Tugce has earned gratitude and respect from us all.
“She will always remain a role model to us, our entire country mourns with you.
“Where other people looked the other way, Tugce showed exemplary courage and moral fortitude.”
Before today’s “civil courage” vigil on Oranienplatz in Berlin, tributes were paid in Offenbach, with people holding signs which read “Thank you, Tugce”.
Oranienplatz is in the heart of Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, which has a large Turkish community.
Tugce Albayrak, who was from the town of Gelnhausen, also near Frankfurt, was Turkish by origin.
Her attacker, named only as Senal M from the Sandzak region of Serbia, has confessed to striking Tugce Albayrak, German public radio station Deutsche Welle reports.
