Overview
- Hamburg prosecutors filed 204 counts against the 21-year-old suspect, including one murder and five attempted murders as an indirect perpetrator.
- Authorities say he coerced a 13-year-old American to die by suicide in 2022 during a livestream.
- Investigators allege he groomed minors on chats and gaming platforms to produce sexual material and harm themselves while using the alias “White Tiger” within the online network known as “764.”
- Police arrested him in June at his parents’ home and seized illegal weapons, computers and hard drives that are still undergoing forensic analysis.
- Officials identified at least eight victims ages 11 to 15 in Germany, England, Canada and the U.S., and reporting cites a 2021 NCMEC alert to German authorities as the suspect now denies the charges.