![BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 20: People walk past the Schlosspark Clinic, where the day before Fritz von Weizsaecker, a son of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker, was stabbed to death by an assailant, on November 20, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Fritz von Weizsaecker, a doctor at the clinic, was giving a medical presentation there yesterday evening when a man from the audience attacked him with a knife. Von Weizsaecker died soon afterwards. Police apprehended the attacker, a 57-year-old man, and are questioning him. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/L7EMAFOPUSVRILQOE7ZK4BFCI4.jpg?smart=true&auth=686bb918691f88c7aaa7fd1bd97d5ebd18efe7334f8a7cd58b87f9159d583a0c&width=400&height=225)
The Schlosspark Clinic where Fritz von Weizsaecker, a son of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker, was stabbed to death. Getty Images
The Schlosspark Clinic where Fritz von Weizsaecker, a son of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker, was stabbed to death. Getty Images
Son of former German president stabbed to death
Doctor Fritz von Weizsaecker died at the scene