The murder of Marwa el-Sherbini - Today's trial opened amidst tight security and a heavy international media presence

It was a case that shocked the world. A young, pregnant Egyptian woman was stabbed 18 times by a German man. In a German courtroom. While testifying in a defamation case against the man who had called her a "terrorist" and "Islamist". Marwa el-Sherbini bled to death in the courtroom in front of her three-year-old son and her husband. The accused, known for legal reasons only as Alex W, is now on trial for murder in another courtroom in Dresden. The event sparked outrage in the Muslim world, and accusations that anti-Islamic sentiment is on the rise in Germany. Today's trial opened amidst tight security and a heavy international media presence.