Overview
- Firefighters found a woman's body in a two-by-three-metre makeshift shelter behind a DIY store on Lerchenauer Straße in Munich, with identity and exact cause of death still pending clarification.
- The homicide unit Kommissariat 11 is leading the Munich inquiry, and police issued a witness appeal at 089 2910-0 for information from the area.
- Media coverage notes echoes of a 2023 Englischer Garten murder of a homeless man in Munich, highlighting risks faced by people sleeping rough.
- In Schwabach, a residential fire prompted a toxic-smoke warning that was later lifted, cats died in the blaze, and reports differ on firefighter injuries as police probe the cause.
- Separate incidents included a fatal apartment fire in Halle with a judicial autopsy ordered and a house in Niederottendorf reduced to rubble, prompting a fundraiser that has collected tens of thousands of euros.