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Hanover (dpa / lni) - Because he is said to have stabbed his former partner on a country road, a 59-year-old from today (9:00 a.m.) is standing in front of the Hanover regional court.

The public prosecutor's office accuses the man from Bad Pyrmont of murder.

At the end of August 2020, he is said to have stopped the 42-year-old, who had sought refuge in a women's refuge because of domestic violence, on the highway and braked her car.

The Pole is said to have smashed the side window with a hammer and stabbed his victim with a knife.

According to the indictment, the injured woman escaped from the car - the 59-year-old had followed and killed her.

He was arrested a little later at his home.

According to the police, a witness who happened to be passing by noticed the injured woman on the road between Hämelschenburg and Amelgatzen and alerted the rescue workers.

She died on the scene.

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