Overview
- Four vehicles burned before dawn in Hamburg-Othmarschen, including a car linked to AfD parliamentary manager Bernd Baumann, and investigators from the state protection unit took over the case.
- Police reported no arrests and appealed for witnesses after a post on Indymedia claimed responsibility, which authorities are examining but have not verified.
- In Leipzig, prosecutors filed charges against a 33-year-old over ten alleged arsons and attempted murder after a series of vehicle and trailer fires, with the accused in custody since June.
- Berlin authorities placed an 18-year-old from Lichtenberg in provisional psychiatric custody on suspicion of multiple vehicle fires, citing signs of mental illness while proceedings move forward.
- Separate residential fires left multiple people seriously injured in Emmerich and Halle, prompted evacuations and temporary housing, and remain under forensic investigation to determine the cause.