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Manhunt Underway After Fatal Menden Shooting as NDR Confirms Seelmann-Eggebert’s Death at 88

Officials have released only early details on the Menden attack.

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Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert ist tot
Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert ist tot

Overview

  • In Menden, North Rhine-Westphalia, two men were shot in a residential area around 13:57, leaving one dead and another airlifted to a clinic in critical condition.
  • According to early reports, the perpetrator or perpetrators fled in a car, police sealed off Provinzialstrasse, and a large search is in progress.
  • NDR confirmed that longtime ARD royal commentator Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert died in Hamburg at age 88, citing information from his family.
  • NDR director Joachim Knuth honored Seelmann-Eggebert as a defining voice over six decades covering crises and royal events, while the cause of death was not disclosed.
  • Separately in Greifswald, authorities reported a head-on collision around 13:20 between a car and a medical transport vehicle during an overtaking maneuver, seriously injuring a 51-year-old driver and causing about €40,000 in damage.