The German newspaper Deutsche Welle reported this morning the news of the death of Thomas Scheffer, Minister of Finance in the state of Hesse, where the public prosecutor and the police chief confirmed that the circumstances of the death refer to suicide according to the investigators, while German media reported that the body of Scheffer (54 years) was found on An express train, in Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, in southwestern Germany.
The sudden death of Minister Scheffer of the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, “Christian Democrats”, shocked the political and popular circles in Germany, especially as the country was passing through the crisis of the spread of the Corona virus, and the man was considered the most prominent successor to the current state prime minister, Volker Bouvier, who said he was planning to meet this afternoon Sunday to discuss ways to confront the crisis of the spread of the Corona virus in the state.
Bouvier expressed his extreme shock and said: "We are all shocked and hard to believe that Thomas Scheffer suddenly and unexpectedly took him to death."
The state prime minister directed condolences and obituaries to the Scheffer family, saying: "We extend our sincere condolences to his closest relatives first, and we wish them patience and strength in these difficult times."
Thomas Scheffer left two children with his wife, and he spent more than two decades as a contributor to his country's policy at the local and national levels, as he is considered one of the most experienced in financial matters. According to local reports, Scheffer was very active in his work recently in the face of the Corona crisis.
Hesse State Police said that they had found the body of Thomas Shaver on the railroad near Hochheim in Wiesbaden, the state capital, and that after extensive investigations through certificates and forensic technical and scientific data that had been verified as the body of Thomas Shaver, it was likely that the death came from the man's suicide.
This incident comes amid an atmosphere of crisis in Germany, under the weight of the high number of people infected with the Coronavirus, although the number of deaths remains limited compared to many European countries such as Italy, Spain and France.
For his part, Volker Young, head of the Evangelical Church in Hesse-Nassau, called for "patience and social solidarity and not losing hope" in the face of the Corona pandemic and the spread of death news and people's feeling of "the threat of life and its fragility", calling for "courage."