Mayor in western Germany in critical condition after stabbing, says source

HERDECKE, Germany (Reuters) -The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was in critical condition after being found with multiple stab wounds, a security source told Reuters on Tuesday. Bild newspaper reported that Iris Stalzer, a Social Democrat who is due to take office in November after being elected mayor of Herdecke in the Ruhr region a week ago, was found by her son.