Overview
- Dietmar Woidke and Michael Kretschmer unveiled a sandstone marker at the Bockwitzer Straße site where Maximilian Stoppa, 32, died during an anti–car-theft operation.
- Police observed a synchronized minute of silence at 11:34, the time of the 2025 incident, following a call to honor him across Saxony.
- The memorial, crafted by a local stonemason, was jointly financed by Brandenburg and Saxony and features a human-chain motif with one figure missing.
- Prosecutors say a 27-year-old will go on trial next week at the Landgericht Cottbus on a charge of murder to conceal another crime.
- Investigators report that Stoppa was run over while deploying a Stop-Stick to stop a fleeing vehicle during the pursuit.