Murder Investigation linked to NSU: Ruhr University Bochum to examine case details
Revisiting the Hamburger NSU-Murder: Unanswered Questions persist
Hamburg's city council has assigned a panel to the Ruhr-University Bochum to scientifically examine the events and investigations surrounding the NSU-murder of Süleyman Taşköprü, a Turkish-origin merchant in Hamburg, killed in 2001.
Hamburg's Horrifying NSU-Murder
The Hamburg city council's panel titled "Scientific Investigation of the NSU-Complex" was established to provide access to the case files and oversee the project. The panel has chosen the research proposal from the North Rhine-Westphalia University for the assignment, as announced by the city council president and panel chair, Carola Veit. The Senate is set to provide 900,000 Euro for the project's execution.
Taşköprü was shot dead by the NSU terrorists Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt on June 27, 2001, at his family's grocery store in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. He left behind his wife and a young daughter.
One of Ten NSU-Victims
Taşköprü was one of ten victims of the far-right terrorist network "Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund" (NSU) that targeted eight Turkish-origin and one Greek-origin small-business owners, a police officer, and a woman over a period of seven years between 2000 and 2007. Investigators initially failed to recognize the connection between the crimes and initially focused their investigations on the victims' immediate surroundings.
Hamburg is the only state where the NSU committed a murder and has not been investigated by a parliamentary investigative committee. The city council agreed to a scientific investigation of the Hamburg case in April of last year.
Report Expected in Three Years
With the assignment to the University of Bochum, the city council is now taking the next step to make a new contribution to the scientific investigation of the NSU-Complex in Hamburg, as stated by Veit. "The study will delve into the complex structures of the NSU and the shortcomings of the authorities, something that was not possible in parliamentary committees and bodies across Germany and in Hamburg until now."
It is expected that the report will be completed in three years, with interim reports expected beforehand.
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- The scientific investigation by the Ruhr-University Bochum, assigned by Hamburg's city council, is intended to delve into the complex structures of the NSU and the shortcomings of the authorities in the case of Süleyman Taşköprü's murder.
- The assignment of this project to the University of Bochum, as part of the "Scientific Investigation of the NSU-Complex," follows Hamburg's effort to make a new contribution to the understanding of crime-and-justice issues related to the NSU-Complex, as stated by city council president and panel chair, Carola Veit.
