Overview

• A 21-year-old employee allegedly attacked three colleagues around 7:30 a.m. at the Überlandwerk Rhön facility in Mellrichstadt.
• The assailant wielded a pointed object, killing a 59-year-old female employee and severely injuring two male coworkers aged 55 and 62.
• Fellow staff members intervened to subdue and restrain the suspect until officers from Polizei Unterfranken secured and arrested him at the scene.
• The case has been transferred to the Kriminalpolizei Schweinfurt and Staatsanwaltschaft Schweinfurt, with authorities confirming that the motive remains unclear.
• Local officials have declared there is no further threat to the public and the Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz is offering psychosocial support to about 50 affected employees.