BERLIN 

A German court on Tuesday gave life in prison to the murderer of Turkish woman Ece Sarigul.

The court in the southern city of Ulm ruled that the 27-year-old Eritrean attacker who killed Sarigul and injured her friend Nerea M. on Dec. 5, 2022 on their way to school would serve life sentence.

The ruling can be appealed in a higher court.

Ece, who was stabbed in the stomach by the Eritrean asylum seeker, died, while Nerea M. eventually recovered from her injuries.