Two German troops killed by suicide bomber

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere confirmed that two German soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in the northern Afghan city of Taloqan on Saturday 28th May 2011.

Maiziere said three more German soldiers were injured, including General Markus Kneip, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northern Afghanistan. 

The police chief of northern Afghanistan, General Mohammed Daud Daud, and the head of the provincial police in Takhar, Shah Jahan Noori, both lost their lives in the suicide bombing. 

The two soldiers killed were: Major Thomas Tholi and Hauptfeldwebel Tobias Langenstein.

German officer Hauptmann Markus Matthes

German Army Captain Markus Matthes, age 33, was killed by a bomb blast in Kunduz on 25th May 2011.

The officer was part of an armoured patrol in the region. Two bombs were detonated beside the convoy damaging three vehicles.

Capt. Matthes served with the Special Operations Division.

Two German soldiers were injured in the same attack.

German Sergeant Georg Missulia

Sgt Georg Missulia

Hauptfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Georg Missulia

Died on 18th February 2011.

He was one of three German soldiers killed when an insurgent launched an assault while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle. The gunman opened fire on the group with an automatic rifle.

The incident occured at the "Observation Point North" base, in the Puli Khumri district.

Master Sergeant Missulia, aged 30, served with the  112th. Panzergrenadierbattalion, 12th. Panzerbrigade (112th Armored Grenadier Battalion of 12th Armored Brigade).

German military fatalities since 2002

German military fatalities in Afghanistan since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
2011
02-Jun	Kobelew, Alexej	1st Cpl	23	212 Panzer Grenadier	IED attack
28-May	Tholi, Thomas	Major	43	Command Support Battalion	Suicide bomb
28-May	Langenstein, Tobias	Sgt. 1st	31	152 Military Police	Suicide bomb
25-May	Matthes, Markus	Captain	33	Special Operations Div.	IED attack
19-Feb	Kurat, Georg	L-Corporal	21	12th Armored Brigade	Gunshot
18-Feb	Menz, Konstantin	Specialist	22	12th Armored Brigade	Gunshot
18-Feb	Missulia, Georg	Mstr. Sgt.	30	12th Armored Brigade	Gunshot
2010
17-Dec	Oertel, Oliver	Corporal	21	232 Mountain Infantry	Gunshot
07-Oct	Pauli, Florian	Mstr. Sgt.	26	373 Parachute Regiment	Suicide bomb
15-Apr	Broer, Thomas	Surgeon	33	Military Hospital Ulm	Hostile fire
15-Apr	Radloff, Jörn	Major	38	School of Army Land Forces	Hostile fire
15-Apr	Dubnicki, Marius	Sgt. Major	32	8th Mountain Engineer	Hostile fire
15-Apr	Kronawitter, Josef	Sergeant	24	8th Mountain Engineer	Hostile fire
02-Apr	Bruns, Nils	Sergeant	35	373 Parachute Regiment	RPG attack
02-Apr	Augustyniak, Martin	Corporal	28	373 Parachute Regiment	RPG attack
02-Apr	Hartert, Robert	Corporal	25	373 Parachute Regiment	RPG attack
2009
04-Oct	Sauer, Patric	Corporal	24	263 Parachute Regiment	Suicide bomb
23-Jun	Brunn, Martin	Corporal	23	Panzergrenadierbataillon	Hostile fire
23-Jun	Schleiernick, Alex	Corporal	23	263 Parachute Regiment	Hostile fire
23-Jun	Meiling, Oleg	Corporal	21	391 Mechanised Infantry	Hostile fire
29-Apr	Motz, Sergey	Corporal	21	292 Military Police	RPG attack
14-Mar	Hötzel, Conrad	Corporal	21	37 Mechanised Infantry	Accident
11-Feb	Janelt, Alexander	Lieutenant		32 Medical Regiment	Hostile fire
2008
20-Oct	Schmidt, Roman	Corporal	22	263 Parachute Regiment	Suicide bomb
20-Oct	Behlke, Patrick	Corporal	25	263 Parachute Regiment	Suicide bomb
27-Aug	Meier, Mischa	Sgt Major	29	263 Parachute Regiment	IED attack
25-Aug	Cemnitz, Christian	Sergeant		Not reported	Unknown
2007
08-Sep	Not released	NA		Not reported	Non-hostile
15-Aug	Keller, Mario	Sergeant	39	GSG9 German Police	IED attack
15-Aug	Ringel, Jörg	Major	31	Sicherungsgruppe	IED attack
15-Aug	Stoffels, Alexander	Sergeant	39	GSG9 German Police	IED attack
19-May	Diebel, Michael	Sergeant	28	Army Supply Depot, Darmstadt	Suicide bomb
19-May	Neumann, Michael	Sergeant	48	Marine Arsenal, Kiel	Suicide bomb
19-May	Standfuß, Matthias	Captain	31	Defence Ministry, Bonn	Suicide bomb
2006
17-Dec	Kopp, Christian	Sergeant	24	Panzer Training Battalion	Accident
2005
14-Nov	Franz, Armin	Lt Colonel	44	Field Replacement Battalion 901	Suicide bomb
07-Aug	Nowitzki, Boris	Corporal		Panzer Artillery Battalion 345	Accident
26-Jun	Heine, Andreas	Sergeant	37	PRT-Team Kunduz	Explosion
26-Jun	Schlotterhose, Christian	Sergeant	26	PRT-Team Kunduz	Explosion
2004
17-Oct	Schattmann, Silvio	Corporal		Panzer Artillery Battalion 345
2003
06-Jul	Jimenez-Paradis, Helmi	Sergeant		German Army, 320 Signals	Suicide bomb
06-Jul	Beljo, Andreas	CWO	28	German Army, 940 Signals	Suicide bomb
06-Jul	Baasch, Joerg	Sergeant		German Army, 940 Signals	Suicide bomb
06-Jul	Kuehlmorgen, Carsten	Sergeant	32	German Army, 320 Signals	Suicide bomb
29-May	Kamins, Stefan	Pfc.	24	German Army Information Unit	Land mine
17-May	Hofert, Alexander	Major	33	Fighter Bomber Wing 33	Suicide bomb
2002
21-Dec	Ehrlich, Frank	Sergeant	29	Luftwaffe	Air crash
21-Dec	Hewußt, Heinz-Ullrich	Sergeant	41	15th Army Aviation Regiment	Air crash
21-Dec	Schiebel, Thomas	Sergeant	28	25th Army Aviation Regiment	Air crash
21-Dec	Vierling, Uwe	Lieutenant	31	15th Aviation Regiment	Air crash
21-Dec	Deininger, Friedrich	Captain	53	25th Army Aviation Regiment	Air crash
21-Dec	Kaiser, Bernhard	Sergeant	46	15th Army Aviation Regiment	Air crash
21-Dec	Schmidt, Enrico	Private	24	25th Army Aviation Regiment	Air crash
20-Mar	Nippus, Holger	Captain	0	D/NL Corps	Non-hostile
06-Mar	Rubel, Mike	Sergeant	27	11 Munster	Explosion
06-Mar	Kochert, Thomas	Sergeant	29	11 Munster	Explosion

German Paratrooper, Roman Schmidt

Roman Schmidt

Stabsgefreiter (Staff Corporal) Roman Schmidt was 22 years old when he was  killed during a suicide bomb blast on 20th October 2008. At the time, he and a colleague were searching for a hidden weapons cache in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

He joined the German Army on New Years Day 2005 and was assigned to the 2nd Company, 263rd Paratrooper Battalion.

He had previously in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

German Paratrooper, Patrick Behlke

Patrick Behlke

Stabsunteroffizier (Staff Sergeant) Patrick Behlke was one of two German Paratroopers killed, 20th October 2008, during a suicide bomb blast as they searched for a hidden weapons cache in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

The 25 year old belonged to the 2nd Company, 263rd Paratrooper Battalion. He joined the German Army on New Years Day 2004 and was assigned to the unit after initial training. He had been in Afghanistan since September 2008.

This was his second overseas deployment. He previously served with EUFOR in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

German engineer, Ruediger Diedrich

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Name:	Ruediger Diedrich
Age:	43
Nationality:	German
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Location:	Wardak province, Afghanistan
Date:	21 July 2007
Cause:	Kidnapped by Taliban and murdered

Journalist, Karen Fischer

Karen Fischer

Karen Fischer, a German freelance journalist, was shot dead with her partner, Christian Struwe, while they slept in a tent beside a road in Baghlan province.

Ms. Fischer, aged 30, and a former student in the School of Journalism, was working as a freelance journalist for Deutsche Welle, the German state-run broadcasting company. She and Struwe were killed by gunmen weilding AK-47s, according to news reports over the weekend.

Authorities are being urged to waste no time in establishing who killed the journalists.

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Luftwaffe Major Alexander Hofert

German Air Force Major Alexander Julius Hofert, age 33, died in Kabul, Afghanistan on 17th May 2003.

Major Hofert, stationed at the German military camp in Kabul, served with Jagdbombergeschwader 33 (Fighter Bomber Wing) of the Luftwaffe.

The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear but some reports suggest he was killed by a suicide bomber.