Overview

• State-protection investigators took over after two Russian-speaking men lightly injured a 19-year-old Bundeswehr soldier in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, with police releasing detailed suspect descriptions and examining a possible Ukraine-war motive.
• Munich’s rail hubs saw heightened enforcement during Oktoberfest as the Bundespolizei reported arrests, weapons violations and disorder at the Hauptbahnhof, including multiple knife seizures, a suspected upskirting case, a naked S‑Bahn rider and track incursions.
• A 34-year-old wanted over a June shooting in Viersen was arrested on arrival at Düsseldorf Airport and placed in pretrial detention, according to police in Mönchengladbach.
• About 40 firefighters responded overnight to a fire alarm at a Rheinmetall hall in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, ventilated the building and ended the operation after roughly two hours as the cause remained unclear.
• Dozens of diplomats left the UN General Assembly hall in protest during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, drawing global attention as security concerns dominate headlines in Europe.