Overview

• The teenager was arrested in Bredstedt on October 9 following investigations by the criminal police.
• On October 10 at the Amtsgericht Husum, a youth judge issued the warrant at the request of the Flensburg prosecutor and the boy was transferred to a juvenile facility.
• Authorities link the suspect to a reported knife attack on August 28 in the underpass at Bredstedt’s train station.
• Police also attribute further assaults, an alleged attack on officers, and thefts across Husum, Bredstedt, Kiel, and Sylt.
• Officials say he only recently became criminally responsible under German law and that additional details remain confidential due to juvenile proceedings.