Overview
- Police say a dispute at the family’s home on Saturday moved into the street, where the 13-year-old was stabbed and later died in an ambulance.
- A judge on Sunday ordered the 40-year-old father into pre-trial detention on suspicion of a killing offense.
- Prosecutors reported the 38-year-old mother and nine-year-old sister remain in intensive care but are now out of immediate life danger.
- Investigators secured a knife as the suspected weapon and plan further witness interviews because the motive remains unclear.
- About 100 people gathered at Witten’s main station for a vigil, and crisis counselors supported neighbors shaken by the attack.