Overview

• Police in Gelsenkirchen report a street fight involving 20 to 30 people with knives, tasers and baseball bats, leaving at least five severely injured and a 56-year-old who died in hospital.
• Six suspects aged 16 to 52 were detained at the scene in Bismarck, a homicide commission was established, the area was sealed off and a police helicopter supported the large deployment.
• A 27-year-old trapeze artist fell about five meters during a Circus Paul Busch show in Bautzen and died at the scene, which police classify as a workplace accident; a crisis team and a dedicated hotline were activated for witnesses.
• In Erlangen, a 17-year-old was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing a 15-year-old at the bus station; police seek witnesses, and the victim’s intoxicated father was detained after resisting officers.
• Near Wuppertal, a wrong-way driver on the L74 was killed in a head-on collision that left three others seriously injured, prompting a roughly five-and-a-half-hour closure for rescue and investigation.