Rüdiger Butte

The district building
Condolences in front of the district building

Rüdiger Butte (17 May 1949, Lüthorst, Germany – 26 April 2013, Hamelin) was a German detective and politician (SPD), who was councillor of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, and previously Director of the State Office of Criminal Investigation of Lower Saxony, until his violent death.

Death

On 11 July 2013, Butte was shot in front of the district building.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Kreis Hameln-Pyrmont: Mann erschießt Landrat Rüdiger Butte" [District of Hamelin-Pyrmont: Man shoots District Administrator Ruediger Butte]. Der Spiegel (in German). 26 April 2013.


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