Overview
- In Lünen, a 34-year-old contacted police and was arrested after allegedly shooting his 35-year-old neighbor, who later died in hospital, with detectives now investigating the case as murder.
- Berlin prosecutors say eight suspects aged 16 to 22 were detained on warrants in the Humboldt Forum homicide probe nearly three months after a 20-year-old was fatally stabbed.
- Special forces rescued a 12-year-old girl from a hotel in Unna; a 40-year-old from Waltrop faces charges including extortionate kidnapping and sexual abuse of children.
- Duisburg police arrested a 26-year-old suspected of a series of knife-point robberies, seizing a knife, cash and drugs, with a judge ordering pre-trial detention after CCTV and witness descriptions aided the search.
- Police published photos of Qazim H. (also genannt Qazim Hodollari), 40, sought over a stabbing in Mülheim that left a 37-year-old seriously injured, warning he may be armed and dangerous.