Overview

• On September 9, a 17-year-old reported to Cuxhaven police that his 46-year-old father told him to kill his 19-year-old sister to “restore family honour.”
• Officers launched a search that evening, conducted initial investigations, and provisionally arrested the suspect.
• The Staatsanwaltschaft Stade sought Untersuchungshaft, and the Amtsgericht Cuxhaven granted the request; the man has been taken into custody.
• Police said they had intervened about a week earlier for domestic violence at the family’s Wurster Nordseeküste residence and removed the father from the home.
• Investigators praised the teenager’s courage and said the case is being pursued with the highest seriousness as inquiries continue.