Berlin, Oct 7
A newly-elected Mayor was found at her home with multiple stab injuries in Germany on Tuesday, News reported citing updates from leading German daily Bild.
She told her son that she had been attacked by several men in the street and managed to reach home where she was found. Police said there was a large operation being conducted in Herdecke.
Iris Stalzer (57) is a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), the junior party in Germany's conservative-led national government, and was elected as Mayor of Herdecke on September 28, News reported.
She is scheduled to assume office on November 1 after defeating candidate from Merz's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) in a runoff vote to win election. As per Stalzar's website, she is married and has two teenage children. She has spent most of her life in Herdecke and has worked as a lawyer with specialisation in labour law.