Overview
- The Marienkrankenhaus blaze that killed three geriatric patients is now before a Hamburg court on murder charges, with parts of proceedings likely closed due to the psychiatric findings.
- Police in Seubersdorf arrested a 33-year-old Iranian former resident after a fire in an asylum lodging left the building uninhabitable and one person lightly injured; damage is estimated in the low six figures.
- A man allegedly attacked an officer with a knife inside Hattingen’s police station and was shot in the leg; investigators from Hagen secured the scene as inquiries into motive and use of force continue.
- A tyre blowout ignited a lorry fire on the A3 near Helmstadt, closing the motorway; police opened about 50 fine proceedings against people filming and criticized failures to form a rescue lane.
- Near Lichtenfels, a 51-year-old driver was seriously injured after striking a tree and overturning multiple times; police are probing excessive speed as a factor, with summer tyres noted on the vehicle.