Overview
- In Burgkirchen an der Alz, a 50-year-old woman died after a knife attack on a public square, and special forces arrested her 47-year-old ex-partner on suspicion of a killing.
- Prosecutors in Offenburg filed an indictment in the Kehl case, accusing a 24-year-old of murder, robbery and rape with fatal outcome and noting a severe mental illness that prompted provisional psychiatric placement.
- In Rosenheim, a 66-year-old man remains in critical condition after an attack in a homeless shelter, and a 32-year-old suspect is in pre-trial detention on suspicion of attempted homicide.
- Police in Velbert reported aconitine poisoning in an alleged attempted murder of a 56-year-old man, with the estranged wife and a 59-year-old alleged accomplice arrested after toxicology confirmed the toxin.
- Hamburg police announced three further arrests tied to a 2024 life-threatening stabbing in Billstedt, bringing four suspects into pre-trial custody.