Overview
- Hamburg prosecutors confirmed they questioned David Barkay under safe conduct, and the international search for him was suspended with the option to reactivate it if he absconds.
- Reports say Barkay’s account runs to several hundred pages and may implicate Christina Block, who denies ordering the operation; prosecutors have not disclosed the statement’s content.
- Block’s lawyers asked the court to suspend or adjourn the trial to review the new material, but the panel continued with the 23rd hearing day and deferred a decision.
- Stephan Hensel’s wife, Astrid Have, testified that the children were deeply traumatized, describing the daughter’s "Todesangst," lingering fears, and the siblings adopting new names after returning to Denmark.
- One co-defendant from Israel remains in custody and has confessed to involvement, while investigators pursue additional suspects; separately, Eugen Block broadened his complaint accusing the presiding judge of delaying a parallel case.