Overview

• A 17-year-old went to police on September 9 and reported that his 46-year-old father ordered him to kill his 19-year-old sister.
• Police launched a search that evening in the Cuxhaven area and arrested the suspect following initial investigations.
• Staatsanwaltschaft Stade sought an arrest warrant on suspicion of attempted instigation to murder, and the Amtsgericht Cuxhaven ordered pretrial detention.
• Authorities said the man was initially held in investigative custody and has since been moved to a prison.
• Police noted they had intervened at the family home a week earlier for domestic violence and publicly praised the teenager's decision to come forward.