Overview

• Officers removed Brueckner from a council-provided ground-floor flat after his address circulated in a local WhatsApp group, with three vans and about 15 police on scene; authorities said he was moved, not arrested.
• Photos published by media showed a sparsely furnished apartment and images of Brueckner looking out of a window near where children play, which residents said heightened fears.
• The Sun later reported he was taken to a hotel for at least one night as police assessed safety concerns, with the new location withheld under German privacy rules.
• Residents described empty parks, a petition and an upcoming demonstration on October 4, reflecting community pressure following his September 17 release from a seven-year rape sentence.
• Brueckner remains Germany’s prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance but is uncharged; he is monitored with an ankle tag and travel limits, and CCTV captured him in a phone shop where a manager says he claimed to have information that could end the “scandal of the century.”