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Maintal Killing Confirmed as Police Probe Separate Shootings, Robberies and Hate Attacks Across Germany

Prosecutors report upgraded inquiries with active manhunts across several states.

Overview

  • Hanau prosecutors confirmed the 19-year-old found with stab wounds in Maintal on October 12 has died, ordered an autopsy for this week, and police are seeking two men seen fleeing the scene.
  • In Lemgo, investigators opened a murder case after a juvenile was fatally attacked during a dispute in a supermarket; a 33-year-old suspect was arrested shortly after the incident.
  • A 30-year-old who attacked officers with a knife in Landshut was shot and seriously injured, with probes for attempted homicide underway and the state criminal police overseeing the firearm use.
  • Authorities confirmed a prior case in Arnsberg in which a man striking police vehicles with an iron bar was shot and injured, with prosecutorial review ongoing.
  • Police in Saxony-Anhalt are hunting suspects after two armed petrol-station robberies and a separate Dessau shop holdup where a shot was fired, while Saxony officers reported racially motivated assaults in Hoyerswerda and Dresden and issued witness appeals.