Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - In the committee of inquiry into the assassination of Kassel's district president Walter Lübcke, Hesse's Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU) is expected as a witness in the state parliament on January 20. On February 23, the interviews with former Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier and Interior Minister Peter Beuth (both CDU) are planned, as committee chairman Christian Heinz told the dpa news agency on request. "After questioning these witnesses, the taking of evidence could be closed."

Lübcke was shot dead by right-wing extremist Stephan Ernst on the night of June 2, 2019 on the terrace of his house in the Kassel district. The state parliament investigation committee was set up in 2020 to investigate the role of the Hessian security authorities in the murder case.