Overview
- A 79-year-old in Düsseldorf phoned police late Saturday to say he killed his 77-year-old wife, was found with life-threatening self-inflicted injuries, and was to be presented to an investigative judge as a homicide commission and prosecutors took over.
- In Vienna’s Favoriten district, a clash between a 48-year-old husband and a 27-year-old alleged lover left the younger man with multiple stab wounds as prosecutors ordered both men into custody and police secured the knife.
- Vienna police said the 27-year-old remains hospitalized under guard and cannot yet be questioned, with transfer to remand custody planned once his condition allows.
- In Neustadt am Rübenberge near Hannover, police say a 26-year-old allegedly attacked a 62-year-old neighbor with a machete before a special unit subdued him with a Taser after an officer fired and missed, and the firearm discharge is under review.
- Separately in Aschaffenburg, a 35-year-old was arrested after his partner suffered cutting wounds to her hand and abdomen and he is now in remand as investigators work to clarify the circumstances.