Overview
- Berlin prosecutors and police executed warrants in the Humboldt Forum case, identifying eight suspects aged 16 to 22 and placing seven in pretrial detention after a September stabbing that killed a 20-year-old Syrian.
- Special units and fugitive trackers detained the Berlin suspects in multiple districts, with one additional suspect to be brought before an investigating judge as inquiries into motives continue.
- In Lünen late Monday, a 34-year-old contacted police and admitted shooting his 35-year-old neighbor, who later died in hospital; officers seized the firearm and opened a murder investigation after a separate crash injured a patrol crew and another driver.
- In Unna, special police stormed a hotel and found a 12-year-old girl unharmed; a 40-year-old from Waltrop was arrested, and prosecutors sought a warrant for extortionate abduction and child sexual abuse charges.
- Investigations elsewhere remain active, including a public manhunt in Mülheim for 40-year-old suspect Qazim H. after a November stabbing and a Delmenhorst robbery probe in which a 27-year-old was detained then released while a second assailant is sought.