Overview

• Rheinland-Pfalz police are searching for 22-year-old Jason-Anthony Bonje after a ten-year-old was stabbed in Schallodenbach; a man briefly detained in nearby Otterberg was later identified as not the suspect.
• Investigators describe the wanted man as 1.77 meters tall with long blond hair in a ponytail and urge people not to approach him, with helicopters, drones and tracking dogs supporting the search.
• In Ulm, officers shot and severely wounded a 26-year-old who allegedly tried to force entry into a flat and ignored commands to drop weapons; the LKA and public prosecutor are probing the firearms use and the type of weapons remains unclear.
• In Völklingen, Saarland, authorities confirmed a 28-year-old police officer died after a confrontation with a petrol-station robbery suspect, who was wounded and taken into custody.
• A Hamburg court sentenced a 22-year-old to seven years for shooting at an undercover officer, while separate cases included a woman who stopped and danced on the A5 with keys and licence confiscated and a Kleinostheim rail near-miss now under Bundespolizei investigation.