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Lünen Shooting Turns Fatal as Arrests Advance Parallel Violence Cases Across Germany

Investigations have escalated to murder and attempted homicide cases under homicide squads and state prosecutors.

Overview

  • In Lünen, police detained a 34-year-old at the scene, seized a firearm and opened a murder investigation after a 35-year-old neighbor was shot multiple times and died in hospital, with a nearby patrol-car crash during the response injuring the other driver and three officers.
  • In Frankfurt, detectives are treating two weekend attacks as attempted homicides after a 31-year-old bottle collector was slashed and robbed in Ostpark and a 57-year-old homeless man was kicked unconscious downtown, as searches for the assailants continue.
  • In Munich-Pasing, a 60-year-old acquaintance of a 59-year-old woman found dead was arrested and remanded after EC‑card withdrawals and purchases linked him to the crime, with prosecutors pursuing a murder case.
  • In Stuttgart, a 16-year-old is in custody over a playground shooting that seriously wounded a peer, while in Ingolstadt a 49-year-old ex-partner is under a detention order in hospital after a fatal stabbing on the street.
  • In Duisburg, police arrested a 26-year-old suspected of multiple armed robberies and he was placed in pretrial detention, and in the Ruhr area special units rescued a 12-year-old girl from a hotel and a 40-year-old suspect was arrested on an extortionate kidnapping warrant alleging child sexual offences.