Overview
- Police report two separate cases between Friday and Sunday that left more than 60 vehicles damaged in Findorff and the city center.
- In the Weidedamm area of Findorff, unknown perpetrators slashed tires on 27 parked cars on Halberstädter Straße, Kasseler Straße and Leipziger Straße.
- Investigators say they have not identified common traits among the vehicles targeted in the Findorff tire-slashing.
- On Sunday afternoon in Bahnhofsvorstadt, a 37-year-old used a wooden bat fitted with screws to damage over 30 cars before officers subdued and detained him.
- The 37-year-old was placed preliminarily in a psychiatric facility, the criminal police have opened investigations, and tips on Findorff damages are requested at 0421 362-3888; authorities have not linked these cases to a separate September arrest over 260 tire slashings.