Overview
- The overnight fires broke out around 3:20–3:30 a.m. in Othmarschen, where firefighters extinguished the blaze with water and foam and reported no injuries.
- The Landeskriminalamt and fire investigators examined the scene on Trenknerweg and secured evidence, but police say there are no leads on the perpetrators yet.
- Bernd Baumann, parliamentary manager of the AfD Bundestag group, was notified by state security at about 5 a.m., and private footage shows three cars burned out and a fourth damaged.
- Initial accounts from police and local media indicate the fire may have started when a BMW tire was ignited, with flames then spreading to nearby vehicles.
- Some reports mention a recent online leak of Baumann’s address and suggest possible interest from the domestic intelligence service, which authorities have not confirmed.