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Germany Grapples With Series of Fatal Accidents, Violent Attacks and Major Fire

The son of the Zehlendorf victim has been detained with police probing a suspected warehouse arson during a wider inquiry into recent fatal accidents and drownings.

Ein älterer Mann ist in Berlin-Zehlendorf erstochen worden.
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Dunkler Rauch zieht über das Industriegebiet: Die Feuerwehr kämpft aus verschiedenen Richtungen gegen das Großfeuer.
Ein Linienbus ist am S-Bahnhof Veddel ungebremst in ein Buswartehäuschen gefahren.

Overview

  • A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 77-year-old father in Berlin-Zehlendorf on Saturday morning.
  • A massive blaze at Baustoffhandel Paul Link GmbH in Korntal-Münchingen destroyed silos, a warehouse and three lorries before firefighters contained the fire and investigators launched a suspected arson probe.
  • Highway collisions over the weekend killed a 60-year-old motorcyclist on the A4 near Merzenich and wounded ten people in a three-vehicle crash near Weilheim an der Teck.
  • Bavarian authorities confirmed the drowning deaths of a 15-year-old at an Inzell free-air pool and a 27-year-old in a Niederbayern lake amid heightened water safety warnings.
  • Separate incidents included an 18-year-old construction worker killed by a forklift in Offenbach and a 54-year-old glider pilot who died in a crash near Ilmenau.