Today, 35 years ago, on April 25, 1990 (April 1, 1990), the West German Prime Minister candidate, Laffertan, was murdered. On the evening of April 25, 1990, when the West German Social Democratic Prime Minister candidate Oscar-Laffertan signed for a woman who had donated flowers to him during the campaign, the woman suddenly pulled a hammer from a bunch of flowers and struck his head at his neck, Laffertan was in a bloodshed and life-threatening situation. The murderer was caught by the police on the scene. Laffertan was sent by security personnel to the University Hospital of Cologne, after two hours of rescue and escaped from danger. After Laffertan's murder, the West German parties condemned the violence. The West German Prime Minister, who was visit