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Advent Weekend in Germany: Deadly Crashes and Public-Order Cases Under Investigation

Prosecutors filed negligent-homicide charges against a 19-year-old in Munich after a high-speed red-light collision killed two.

Overview

  • Offenbach police confirmed that a nine-year-old girl died overnight after Sunday’s frontal collision that also killed a 66-year-old driver, and they are seeking witnesses as an expert reconstructs the crash involving a third Audi.
  • Police across Bavaria reported at least five traffic fatalities over the first Advent weekend, with multiple additional people seriously injured in separate incidents.
  • Berlin investigators are treating a body found in Schöneberg’s Heinrich-Lassen-Park as a suspected homicide and detained two men discovered at the scene with blood traces.
  • A 24-year-old in Frankfurt without a driver’s license allegedly fled a traffic stop while intoxicated and was located and arrested after helicopter support tracked him to a nearby site.
  • Authorities reported further public-safety actions, including Hamburg SEK detaining a 63-year-old who brandished a knife on a balcony, Weimar police securing a knife after a market dispute, and Vienna officers arresting two passengers following a high-speed pursuit of a recently stolen car.