Overview
- Authorities said a 16-year-old was arrested in early October in Baden-Württemberg and remains in pretrial detention on suspicion of links to a splinter group of the network known as 764.
- The suspect is accused of membership in a criminal organization and dangerous bodily harm tied to coerced self-injury, and a police spokesman said he also possessed child sexual abuse material.
- Investigators reported the teenager contacted eleven potential victims, with five cases resulting in self-harm.
- Officials detailed tactics that included building trust in online games and pressuring victims to film injuries or create “Wall” or “Bloodsigns” with group symbols or usernames.
- The case connects to a broader investigation that includes a Hamburg murder indictment against a user known as “White Tiger,” as police work to identify additional members and further victims.