Germany’s Migrant Crime Problem Is Out of Control
3rd November 2025
In a sane country, it would be unthinkable that the murder of a two-year-old boy would go effectively unpunished. And yet this is exactly what is happening in Germany. In January this year, a 28-year-old Afghan asylum seeker—Enamullah Omarzai—launched a brutal attack on a group of toddlers on a daycare outing, at a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. With a large kitchen knife, he began stabbing two of the children—a two-year-old Moroccan boy and a two-year-old Syrian girl. One of the female teachers, as well as two male passersby, attempted to intervene, allowing the remaining teacher and children to escape. In the struggle, one teacher had her hand broken, while the two men were stabbed. The little boy and a 41-year-old man both died from their injuries.
Last week, as the trial for this case culminated, Judge Karsten Krebs decided that Omarzai could not be held criminally responsible for his actions. The court-appointed psychiatrist testified that Omarzai was suffering from a severe mental illness, and had heard voices in head that instructed him to attack the children. It was also apparently highly likely that Omarzai would commit more “highly aggressive acts,” if he was not detained in a facility. He had also previously been prescribed medication, which he refused to take, and had repeatedly been released from psychiatric care, apparently because he did not pose any risk to others.
The details of this case will be grimly familiar. Omarzai arrived in Germany in 2022, after travelling through Bulgaria, Austria, and France. His asylum claim was rejected and he had been under a deportation order since 2024. But, by January this year, he was still in the country. He had also had numerous run-ins with the police, including for assault and property damage. Between the deportation order, the mental-health services, and the interactions with police, there were plenty of opportunities for Omarzai to be kept off the streets. The failure of all these agencies led to the deaths of an innocent child and a man who was simply trying to do the right thing.