Sengül Obinger
Born: 1973
Attempted murder: 7 August 1997
Residence: Nuremberg
Origin: Turkey
Children: 1 daughter (4 years old at the time of the crime)
Perpetrator: Rasit D., her husband (26 years old)

Sengül was born in Nuremberg. Even before she turned 18, her parents sought a husband for her in Turkey. Rasit, a distant relative, comes to Germany and abuses his wife for five years. A daughter is born of the marriage.

Sengül fails to get her high school diploma and becomes a hairdresser according to her father's wishes. But she continues her education and works as a personnel manager and for a tax consultant. Her husband becomes even more jealous and beats her and their daughter. Sengül flees to a women's shelter several times.

Sengül wants a divorce because of the violent excesses. Rasit beats her up on the street in front of the lawyer's office. Then he flees to Turkey. There his family gives him a gun.

On August 7, 1997, Rasit storms the apartment of Sengül's parents. He shoots at his daughter, his wife, his sister-in-law and his father-in-law. The latter manages to chase him away with an axe. Rasit then commits suicide.

As a result of the abuse, Sengül's daughter remains physically and mentally disabled. Later, Sengül marries again and has a son. The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes that she now wants to study law.

In 2011 her autobiography Löwinnenherz (=Lioness Heart) will be published.