Overview
- A 26-year-old man tried to get out of the Stadtbibliothek courtyard in Nördlingen and climbed a roughly two-metre metal gate that was closed.
- He slipped while climbing and became impaled on three spikes, with two entering his left thigh and one piercing his right hand.
- The gate is fitted with metal spikes about eight centimetres long that serve as an anti-climb deterrent and caused the penetrating wounds.
- Bystanders and alerted emergency responders supported the trapped man until Nördlingen firefighters cut him free, then paramedics and an emergency doctor treated him on site before he was taken to hospital.
- The Polizeiinspektion Nördlingen confirmed the account and no further public updates on the man's medical condition or any investigation outcomes have been released.