Overview
- Police say the 16- and 18-year-old brothers are suspected in multiple assaults, insults and threats motivated by homophobia.
- Investigators traced the case to an October 8 incident in Stadtpark in which a 29-year-old was homophobically abused and narrowly missed by a thrown firecracker before fleeing uninjured.
- Officers searched the 18-year-old’s apartment in early November and seized evidence that pointed to his younger brother.
- A subsequent search of the 16-year-old’s room at the parental home led to the seizure of pyrotechnic items.
- Both suspects were temporarily detained for identification processing and have been released as the investigation continues.