E/CN.4/1995/78 page 7 suffered a cut on her cheek measuring roughly 4 by 3 centimetres, was treated at a hospital and released. The girl and her parents were placed under police protection. Ludwigshafen, 14 January 1994 25. An arson attack wounded 11 foreigners at an asylum shelter where 50 asylum-seekers lived. The fire was set on the ground floor with trash as tinder. Damage in the building was minimal. Three people were hospitalized. Eight others were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. There is credible evidence that the attack had been carried out by right-wing radicals and was racially motivated. Darmstadt, 18 February 1994 26. Ali Bayram, a 50-year-old man of Turkish origin who had been in Germany for 20 years and who was known as a very friendly and soft-spoken person, was shot by Reiner G., his German neighbour, who claimed that there was too much noise in the apartment. Reiner G. rang the doorbell of the Bayram family home at around 8 p.m. and fired six shots at Ali Bayram and his 12-year-old daughter Asli Bayram. Ali Bayram died and the daughter was severely injured. The victim’s wife, Lütfifye Bayram, said that there had been a clear change in the landlord’s attitude towards her family after the racially motivated Mölln arson incident in which three persons had lost their lives. She also said that they called the police immediately, but later found the phone had been disconnected, and that the police arrived at the scene some 10 minutes later. It is alleged that the shooting was a purely racist attack and that the police are intentionally portraying the incident as a mere dispute between neighbours, thus trying to cover up the real underlying factor. Ludwigshafen, 14 March 1994 27. Kerim Sarper (Turkish citizen) came to Germany and assumed his function of religious officer at the Mevlana mosque in Ludwigshafen six years ago. As he was preparing to return to Turkey upon completion of his assignment, he was brutally attacked by five persons who beat him with baseball bats and stabbed him. Severely wounded, Kerim Sarper was hospitalized in critical condition. When his condition stabilized, he appealed to all to unite and befriend each other. It is alleged that the attack was racially motivated. Stuttgart, 16 March 1994 28. In a heinous racist attack, a residential building, occupied mostly by foreigners, was set on fire during the night. Seven people died in the incident, including two children, an old woman and an old couple. The victims were burnt to such an extent that the identification process was extremely difficult. Nineteen other people were injured. Nebahat Say and her daughter Aylingüla Say (both of Turkish origin) also died in the arson attack. Nebahat Say was 27 years old and pregnant, and her daughter was only five years old. Their dead bodies were found in a final embrace. Medical reports indicated that their deaths were due to smoke inhalation. Nothing remarkable was detected around the building in the police check one hour before the incident. It is almost confirmed that this attack was of a racist nature.