Family of migrant fatally knifed by US woman admit he ‘may have’ groped his killer but blast Elon Musk for tweeting about it and ask ‘should Trump be stabbed to death for saying “grab p***y”?’

The family of a man stabbed through the heart after allegedly groping a woman in Germany has criticized Elon Musk for tweeting about the incident while accusing authorities of hiding details of the case.

An American woman faces a possible 10-year prison sentence for killing Eritrean-born Alem Tekeste, 64, who had lived in Germany since 1980 and was a long-time German citizen.

The Mercedes employee was traveling to visit his son for his birthday when he was stabbed by the 20-year-old woman at a packed train station in Kaiserslautern in the middle of the day.

The woman – born in Germany but with US citizenship – alleged that Tekeste groped her buttocks as they stood on an escalator on June 29. She pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the chest, piercing his heart.

Now Tekeste’s family says authorities have refused to provide them with more information about the case – and have confronted tech billionaire Musk, asking ‘what’s wrong with Germany?’ in response to a tweet claiming Tekeste’s killer was “being held hostage for stabbing a migrant.”

They give in they do not know if Tekeste committed a sexual assault, but claim there is no evidence that Tekeste groped his attacker.

A relative and a source close to the family told MailOnline: ‘When I saw Musk and what he wrote on social media I was so angry.

“They say he grabbed the girl by the backside. Maybe so, who knows – we haven’t seen any footage because the prosecutors aren’t telling us anything.

“But if he did, does that really justify such a violent, extreme response? One stab straight to the heart as he retreated.”

They added: ‘Trump was heard on tape talking about grabbing p***y – should he be stabbed to death too?’

The woman, who lives in Kaiserslautern, turned herself in to police a few days after Tekeste’s death.

She told investigators at the Landstuhl police station – 15 minutes from Kaiserslautern train station and close to the US air base in Ramstein – that she brandished her knife after being groped by Tekeste.

As he backed away, she followed him and explained that he grabbed the arm with the knife, but she pulled back and then stabbed him in the chest with “the same motion.”

The woman has told investigators she did not “intentionally” target his heart and argued she acted in self-defense.

After a six-month investigation, she was eventually charged by local prosecutors with “assault with negligence resulting in death” and faced a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

Prosecutors say because she “did not intend to kill,” she has only been charged with the lesser charge and not with manslaughter or murder.

The case led tech billionaire and new head of the White House Elon Musk to post on the X platform he now owns last weekend.

‘What’s wrong with Germany?’ he said in response to a post from well-known right-wing account “Libs of TikTok,” which claimed Germany was “holding an American woman hostage” for stabbing a migrant.

But Tekeste’s family has accused Musk of “not knowing what he’s talking about,” and sharing the story with millions and millions of people without knowing the details of the case.

‘All the police wanted to know was: did he drink, did he use drugs and what was his relationship with the woman?

“Alem was the victim, but they tried to pass him off as someone else.

“Maybe he touched her, maybe he didn’t. All we have is the police version. But we haven’t seen any video or any evidence and like I said, even if he did, did it warrant such an extreme response? Why was this woman carrying a knife in public during the day?’

Tekeste’s family is also upset by reports that the woman is living a normal life while legal proceedings continue.

The source said: “How can a woman stab Alem to death and then be let out while she awaits trial?

“It doesn’t seem right because we’ve been asking questions for months and getting no answers from prosecutors.

‘The only time we get information is when we read about it in the newspaper. We don’t know her name or background, but I’m sure there is a military connection.’

Family members believe that a military connection — the U.S. has had a strong military presence in Germany since the end of World War II — limits the data shared with the family.

US authorities have denied that the woman has any military connection.

Under German law, she will appear before a “youth court,” meaning she could be treated as a minor and have her name removed as she was under 21 years old at the time of the attack.

The family member added: ‘That is also difficult to accept, this woman is twenty years old, lives in Germany, without her parents we understand and is treated as a minor.

“The family fears this is being covered up and the fact that prosecutors are not sharing anything with us makes us very suspicious.

‘We didn’t know it was Alem until five days after his death. We saw reports on the news that a man had been murdered at the station, but no one told us it was him.

“Alem worked in the United States for two years, he lived all over the place with his Mercedes job, he was sent there to work in the Chrysler factories.”

Tekeste’s family fears the case will be similar to that of a Germany-based American soldier who was acquitted of murder two months ago.

Grant Harrison, 26, was found not guilty by court-martial for stabbing Michael Ovsjannikov, 28, to death in August 2023 near Spangdahlem Air Base.

It has led to ongoing protests from local residents outside the base, demanding justice and responsibility for Ovshannikov’s death.

Harrison had confessed to police: ‘I took my pocket knife out of my pocket and decided to stab him. Once or twice on the right side.’

A judge ruled the confession inadmissible because it was “made under duress,” but the words were passed on by protesters outside the base.

Tekeste’s relative told MailOnline: ‘The similarities are there, and I see the same thing happening. Our fear is that the details of what happened will not be public as the matter will be dealt with privately.

“Our lawyer contacted the prosecutor in October and has not heard anything yet. We have only been informed of the latest developments in the media – that is not correct.

“If it was an accident and self-defense as stated, why did she run away, why did she go 15 minutes further to turn herself in? She could have waited at the station.

‘There is something that doesn’t smell right about this investigation and we are not being kept in the picture, we feel like it is being covered up.’

The woman’s legal representatives declined to discuss her case.