Overview

• Kriminalpolizei Hof and the Hof public prosecutor are investigating suspected rape, sexual coercion, sexual assault, and bodily harm.
• Authorities report the principal incident allegedly occurred on August 20 inside the Bezirksklinik Rehau in Upper Franconia.
• An investigative judge at the Hofer Amtsgericht ordered the suspect’s provisional placement in a psychiatric hospital at the prosecution’s request.
• Reports state two alleged victims were given an e-cigarette thought to contain an intoxicating liquid before some of the assaults.
• Officials have not clarified why public disclosure came weeks later or specified where the 21-year-old is currently being held.