Overview

• Police say Iris Stalzer contacted officers twice on Monday and that a case file was opened and shared with the public prosecutor.
• WDR reports Stalzer had already complained in a June letter to police and the youth welfare office about insufficient support.
• NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul says the police response is being reviewed to assess whether appropriate measures were taken.
• Authorities are investigating dangerous bodily harm; the 17-year-old has been placed in a psychiatric facility under guard and has not been brought before a judge.
• Investigators say the teen called emergency services and initially alleged an outside attacker; Stalzer is no longer in life-threatening condition, and WDR reports she described hours of abuse, attempted burning and cleanup of blood as the motive remains unclear.