Overview
- On the Île d’Oléron, a 35-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after deliberately hitting pedestrians and a cyclist; nine people were injured, two critically, and investigators say the motive remains unclear as anti-terror prosecutors were not initially engaged.
- In the Güstrow case of eight-year-old Fabian, police launched house searches in Reimershagen after televised appeals generated numerous tips, confirming the body had been set on fire to likely conceal evidence and promising further details later Thursday.
- Prosecutors in Erfurt charged a 53-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman with joint hostage-taking and dangerous bodily harm for allegedly imprisoning a 19-year-old in a wooden box in Vogelsberg; both remain in custody.
- Upper Franconia police stopped a more-than-50-kilometre high-speed flight that reached over 200 km/h, finding crystal meth in the car, recording a positive drug test and noting the 31-year-old driver had no license; no injuries were reported.
- Berlin police secured an unexploded incendiary device in a Mariendorf commercial area after damage was spotted on a fence, and are treating the case as attempted arson.