Overview

• At the Hamburg Regional Court, a 27-year-old went on trial on Oct. 6 on charges of dangerous bodily harm with threat and severe arson.
• According to the indictment, he kicked in a door on March 30, chased the victim with a knife while intoxicated, threatened to kill him, and caused cuts to the chest and hand.
• Prosecutors say he then returned to the vacant apartment and used hairspray and a lighter to ignite furniture, rendering the unit temporarily uninhabitable due to smoke.
• In Tübingen, a 30-year-old is charged with attempted manslaughter and rape for allegedly pushing a man about seven meters from a window last November and assaulting him afterward.
• The Schwurgericht has set five hearings from Oct. 13 with a possible verdict by late October, and authorities say the Tübingen suspect was arrested in Hamburg about a week after fleeing.