Mother protests innocence and speaks of a masked stranger
Christiane K. from Solingen is said to have stunned five of her six children and then drowned them in the bathtub. Only the then 11-year-old son Marcel survived because she sent him to his grandma. “Why can a mother kill all of her children?” Asks neighbor Soraya Touati (45). One of many questions that the judges at the Wuppertal Regional Court must clarify from today.
Neighbor Soraya Touati: “She should atone for every child”
Soraya Touati is still deeply moved by what happened in her neighborhood. On the day of the day, a Thursday in early September 2020, the 45-year-old is in her apartment in the Hasseldelle district of Solingen. Christiane K. knows them by sight, they greet each other. Christiane’s eldest son Marcel and Soraya’s son often play together in the settlement’s playground. Marcel and his five siblings Melina (1), Leonie (2), Sophie (3), Timo (6) and Luca (8) make a calm impression on them. Soraya Touati has been tormenting herself with allegations since her own mother killed her.
“I always think, maybe I could have helped. If she had said something, I would have taken the children or helped her. That wrecks me,” she tells RTL reporter Valerio Magno with tears in her eyes. She couldn’t sleep for weeks after the unbelievable crime and has to seek psychological help in order to understand and deal with the horrific crime.