Overview
- Bundespolizei Cottbus identified and arrested the suspect on Friday, according to Leipzig police spokesperson Sandra Freitag.
- Authorities say the detainee is a 19-year-old Algerian linked to the Oct. 24 attack in a Connewitz self-service laundromat.
- The victim, 42, had been approached on bus line 70 and was followed from the Mathildenstraße stop into the shop, where she was injured and treated on an outpatient basis.
- Investigators had released bus footage and a detailed clothing description to solicit tips and are still seeking two people who spoke with the woman.
- Police and prosecutors are pursuing an attempted murder investigation, and they have withheld further information during the active case.