Overview

• Prosecutors in Naumburg charged Taleb A. over the Magdeburg Christmas‑market attack with six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder, plus other offenses, and ordered a psychiatric assessment.
• Leipzig prosecutors indicted the Flixbus driver from the March 2024 A9 rollover for four counts of negligent homicide and 46 of negligent bodily harm; experts found no technical defects and a court will decide on opening a trial.
• About 150 passengers were unhurt after an autoreisezug derailed during shunting at Munich’s Südbahnhof when it entered a blocked track section; Bundespolizei opened a rail‑safety investigation and estimated roughly €90,000 in track damage.
• Berlin’s S‑Bahn suffered widespread delays and cancellations after a defective signal box at Bellevue disrupted Stadtbahn, Ring and north–south services, with Deutsche Bahn advising passengers to use regional trains.
• Berlin police are investigating an 84‑year‑old motorist for negligent homicide after a two‑year‑old struck on a zebra crossing died in hospital, as separate inquiries address hit‑and‑runs and suspected medical emergencies at the wheel.