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Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini

1978 - 2009

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Marwa Ali El-Sherbini (Arabic: مروة على الشربيني), was an Egyptian woman and German resident who was killed in 2009 during an appeal hearing at a court of law in Dresden, Germany, when she was three months pregnant. She was stabbed by Alex Wiens, an ethnic German immigrant from Russia against whom she had testified in a criminal case for verbal abuse. El-Sherbini's husband, who was present at the hearing, tried to intervene. He too was repeatedly stabbed by Wiens and was then mistakenly shot and wounded by a police officer who was called to the court room. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini is the 69th most popular mafioso, the 599th most popular biography from Egypt and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Mafioso.

The murder of Marwa El-Sherbini is most famous for being a racially motivated killing in Germany, where she was stabbed to death in a courtroom by her attacker during a trial related to a previous incident of racial harassment. Her death sparked widespread outrage and highlighted issues of racism and violence against immigrants in Europe.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini ranks 69 out of 70. Before her are Steven Avery, Abu Hamza al-Masri, Aafia Siddiqui, Salah Abdeslam, Sabrina Harman, and Troy Davis. After her are Charles Graner, Ram Bahadur Bomjon, Delara Darabi, Murder of Adam Walsh, Kulbhushan Jadhav, and Peggy Hettrick murder case.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini ranks 695. Before her are Takeru Kobayashi, Gustavo Varela, Óscar Hernández, Vibeke Stene, Gustavo Munúa, and Róbinson Zapata. After her are Hannu Manninen, Formiga, Rubén Xaus, Trevor Donovan, Davyd Saldadze, and Kaoru Mori. Among people deceased in 2009, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini ranks 433. Before her are Antonio de Nigris, Nelly Arcan, Vishnuvardhan, Abrar Alvi, Vic Chesnutt, and Karine Ruby. After her are Griffin Bell, Kamila Skolimowska, Don Hewitt, Claiborne Pell, Jocelyn Quivrin, and Delara Darabi.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini ranks 599 out of 642. Before her are Amr Zaki (1983), Ahmed El-Kass (1965), Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983), Ahmed Elmohamady (1987), Mostafa Mohamed (1997), and Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (1991). After her are Sarah Hegazi (1989), Ruby (1981), Tarek Soliman (1962), Hesham Yakan (1962), Ahmed Hegazi (1991), and Omar Gaber (1992).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Egypt

Among mafiosos born in Egypt, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini ranks 2. Before her are Abu Hamza al-Masri (1958).

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