Overview

• Police in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say a body found near Güstrow is very likely missing eight-year-old Fabian, with DNA identification and an autopsy pending as investigators treat the case as suspected homicide; media reported burn marks on the body, which prosecutors did not confirm, and detectives are analyzing the child’s phone and canvassing for clues.
• At the Aschaffenburg regional court, a Sicherungsverfahren opened for the 28-year-old Afghan accused of the January park knife attack that killed a two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old helper and seriously injured three others, with prosecutors citing a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and seeking indefinite psychiatric commitment due to presumed lack of criminal responsibility.
• An SEK raid in Korbach on October 8 failed to find 40-year-old Kenan Mehovic, wanted over a fatal August shooting in Menden; he remains at large under a European arrest warrant, is considered potentially armed, and police urged the public not to approach but to call emergency services with sightings.
• State security is investigating an overnight explosion at the Dietzenbach home of Green local politician Edeltraud Chawla, where the front door was heavily damaged; witnesses reported fleeing suspects and a white SUV, officers secured traces including suspected adhesive, and the Greens condemned the incident as an attack on democratic representatives.
• In Brussels, German and British defense leaders announced tighter industrial cooperation and new air-defense drone production for Ukraine, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to ask President Donald Trump on Friday to approve Tomahawk sales, a prospect Russia warned against; separately, expanded U.S. federal deployments in cities like Chicago and Portland prompted protests, mass arrests and ongoing court fights.