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Last Suspect Seized in Hagen Killing as Separate Dortmund Attack Leaves Man Critically Injured

Police in North Rhine-Westphalia continue both investigations with a homicide unit leading the Dortmund case.

Overview

  • Special operations officers arrested a 23-year-old without resistance in a Dortmund apartment on Friday, closing the suspect roundup in the Hagen homicide.
  • Investigators say the 26-year-old victim in Hagen was assaulted in early May in Wehringhausen with blows and sharp and blunt weapons and died shortly after in hospital.
  • Two suspects were detained on the day of the Hagen attack, and five more were arrested in August, with those implicated reported to be about 21 to 29 years old at the time.
  • In a separate incident in Dortmund, several men allegedly beat and wounded a 52-year-old with a sharp object, leaving him with life-threatening injuries.
  • Witnesses found the 52-year-old on a sidewalk in front of a sports hall on Friday evening, the assailants fled, a homicide commission took over the probe, and police appealed for information.