Overview

• A 44-year-old set his own balcony in Stockstadt, Unterfranken, on fire early Monday, prompting an urgent firefighter response.
• The suspect hurled burning debris and roof tiles at arriving firefighters before climbing onto the building’s roof.
• Police special forces negotiated with him for several hours before he descended and was taken into custody without resistance.
• Two firefighters sustained minor injuries—one hit by a burning chair and two by falling roof tiles—before continuing the extinguishing effort.
• Authorities have ordered blood tests and launched formal probes into arson and dangerous bodily harm after reporting the man was in a psychological exceptional state.