Overview
- A violent dispute on the Reichenbachbrücke escalated when a 28-year-old allegedly struck a 29-year-old in the head with a broken glass bottle, causing serious injury.
- An uninvolved witness tried to intervene and the suspect fled but was detained shortly afterward by a police patrol and taken to the Polizeipräsidium München detention facility.
- The injured 29-year-old was transported by ambulance to hospital and is reported to be out of life-threatening danger.
- Munich police say both men were strongly intoxicated and identified the injured man as a 29-year-old Syrian resident of Munich and the suspect as a 28-year-old Eritrean resident of Landkreis Ebersberg.
- The Mordkommission has taken over the case as an attempted-homicide investigation and police say inquiries are ongoing while authorities gather motive and further evidence.