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Germany Presses Ahead in Violent-Crime Cases With Arrests, Warrants and Court Actions

Fresh actions across Munich, Ingolstadt, Stuttgart plus the Ruhr area put key suspects into custody, with charges progressing.

Overview

  • Munich-Pasing investigators arrested a 60-year-old who is in pre-trial detention on suspicion of murdering a 59-year-old woman, with prosecutors citing motives of greed and enabling further crimes after the suspect used her bank cards 28 times.
  • In Ingolstadt a judge issued an arrest warrant for the 49-year-old ex-partner suspected of fatally stabbing a 45-year-old woman in public after a dispute; he remains in hospital under police guard.
  • Stuttgart police detained a 16-year-old on suspicion of shooting and seriously injuring another 16-year-old near a playground in Weilimdorf, while an 18-year-old initially held was released pending investigation.
  • Special units rescued a 12-year-old girl unharmed from a hotel in Unna and arrested a 40-year-old suspect, as Dortmund prosecutors sought a warrant for extortionate abduction and multiple child sexual abuse offenses.
  • After a man was found shot and seriously injured on a street in Lünen, police mounted a large operation, secured the scene and arrested a suspect shortly thereafter.