Overview

• Passersby and responders discovered the lifeless man in the fountain outside the Prinz-Carl-Palais shortly before 22:00 on Friday.
• Rescuers struggled to extract him until a fire department current-rescue specialist entered the water, after which he was taken to a clinic under ongoing resuscitation.
• Police report the man has now been identified and remains hospitalized in critical condition.
• Investigators consider an accident more likely than a crime, with witnesses saying he was swept into the fountain by the Köglmühlbach city stream.
• A link to the nearby Eisbach surf wave has been ruled out, and police are reviewing security-camera footage as they probe how and when he entered the water and whether third-party involvement can be excluded.