Overview

• In Bollschweil near Freiburg, a girl was found dead during a police callout; officers shot and detained her 58-year-old father after seeing him attack the child, and the state criminal office is reviewing the firearm use.
• A woman died on the A7 near Bollingstedt after a multi-vehicle collision, and police are assessing whether bright lights from a permitted protest on an overpass may have distracted drivers.
• On the A1 near Sittensen, a 58-year-old man died after his car was sideswiped and then struck by a truck; the other vehicle fled and Autobahn police are urgently appealing for witnesses.
• Three people were injured when shots were fired inside a betting shop at Gießen’s Marktplatz, and police later detained a suspect after a citywide search.
• Separately, two young men were killed and three others seriously injured in a head-on crash on the L307 in the Westerwald, with forensic reconstruction of the scene underway.