Overview
- Authorities say a 35-year-old man died Saturday evening after a physical confrontation with three security employees at a fair in Wyk auf Föhr.
- The body was examined by forensic specialists on Sunday after a prosecutor’s order, and officials said laboratory findings could be available as early as Tuesday.
- The Flensburg prosecutor’s office has opened a case on suspicion of bodily harm resulting in death, and investigators are seeking witnesses and usable video footage.
- Police confirmed that rescue workers attempted resuscitation without success, while the official cause of death remains undetermined.
- Event organizers replaced the private security company with public order staff, closed the fair at 23:00 on Saturday, and continued operations Sunday and Monday with earlier closing times; an eyewitness account of the restraint and medical response has been reported but not verified.