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University of Passau mourns with Heidelberg

The University of Passau is deeply shocked by the violent incident at the University of Heidelberg earlier this week. University President Ulrich Bartosch has conveyed personal words of heartfelt sympathy to the rector of Heidelberg University on behalf of the university community. Furthermore, the University of Passau participated in a joint expression of condolence [German content] by the Bavarian University Conference Universität Bayern e. V.

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"This act by a young student at Heidelberg University also fills our university community with sadness", said President Bartosch. "Our thoughts are with the female student who was killed and her family, and we wish to relay our sympathies to the other victims and all those who had to witness this terrible event. Together with all members of the great Heidelberg University, we feel the deep violation of university peace by this act of violence and stand with them in dismay as members of the scientific community."

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