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Germany Strengthens Security After Surge in Arson, Sabotage and Violence

In response to a wave of violence, arson and suspected sabotage, authorities are imposing harsher sentences, expanding investigations, reinforcing infrastructure security nationwide.

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Außenminister Johann Wadephul
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Kanadas Premierminister Mark Carney spricht mit den Medien während einer Pressekonferenz.

Overview

  • A Wuppertal court sentenced the 40-year-old Solingen arsonist to life imprisonment with subsequent security detention for the fourfold fire murder.
  • Police suspect sabotage in a cable tunnel that shut down the Duisburg–Düsseldorf rail line and say cable replacement work will keep the crucial route closed until at least Friday.
  • Hamburg’s new interagency network for risk management in cases involving mentally ill individuals began operations on August 1 to improve information sharing and prevent violent offenses.
  • Emergency responders deployed around 160 personnel to clear and reopen the B22 near Speichersdorf after two heavy trucks collided head-on, leaving both drivers with serious injuries.
  • Broadcast appeals on ZDF’s ‘Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst’ generated initial tips in a fatal A3 hit-and-run and in a Würzburg jeweler robbery, and police remanded three suspects in a knife-point backpack theft in Kitzingen.