Overview
- Prosecutors say a 40-year-old taxi passenger shot multiple times in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort remains in life-threatening condition after overnight surgery, with a large search under way and a helicopter deployed.
- Investigators report two assailants stepped from a car at a red light and opened fire on the passenger before fleeing, while a homicide commission secures evidence and interviews witnesses.
- Authorities say the shooting victim has Turkish roots with a reported connection to the Netherlands, and some outlets cite an unconfirmed claim that he is a Dutch influencer.
- In Drochtersen, a 36-year-old woman was airlifted to a Hamburg clinic and is now out of immediate danger after a stabbing in a house, and a 39-year-old suspect who fled in a Ford Focus was arrested and taken to hospital under guard.
- In Ingolstadt, a 29-year-old suffered a stab wound to the back of the head after a dispute as a 39-year-old was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, and in Düsseldorf-Rath a 16-year-old was detained after a 49-year-old Ukrainian woman was critically injured.