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Maintal Teen Dies as Police Tackle Separate Knife Cases Across Germany

Investigators are advancing parallel homicide probes with autopsy plans, court warrants and public appeals for tips.

Overview

  • In Maintal, a 19-year-old found with stab wounds on October 12 has died, with prosecutors opening a homicide case and planning an autopsy this week.
  • Police in Maintal are seeking at least two men seen fleeing, including one described as about 20 years old, 1.70 meters tall with dark hair and a dark coat, and say the victim and assailant may have known each other.
  • In Refrath near Bergisch Gladbach, an 80-year-old was discovered fatally stabbed, and a court-ordered arrest warrant against the victim’s 44-year-old son was executed in a hospital.
  • In Bremen, a 30-year-old mother was killed in front of her twelve-year-old son, who was slightly injured, and prosecutors obtained a warrant for her ex-partner, who remains at large.
  • In Hessisch Lichtenau, a 29-year-old allegedly stabbed a 52-year-old during a domestic dispute and fled, while in Halle a 38-year-old who threatened with a knife and struck a man with a flashlight was arrested and found with counterfeit bills.