Overview

• Prosecutors in Göttingen report DNA traces on the victim’s shoulder and say the 31-year-old suspect is held in a psychiatric clinic under a placement order.
• Lower Saxony Interior Minister Daniela Behrens said the man should not have been in Germany and criticized dysfunctional Dublin transfers, calling for a thorough examination.
• The Hannover district court stated the foreigners’ authority’s July application for detention was so deficient it could not be assessed and said offered corrections were not made.
• Police said they encountered the suspect twice on 11 August without arresting him, including an incident at a Friedland accommodation later acknowledged to involve him.
• Local solidarity has included memorials and roughly €14,000 in donations to support the Ukrainian family’s funeral costs, according to the Geisleden mayor.