Overview
- Police in Saarland say a fleeing robber wrested a service pistol during a struggle in Völklingen and fired multiple shots, fatally wounding an officer before the suspect was hit and later arrested.
- Authorities report the wounded suspect was taken to a hospital as investigators secure evidence, and senior officials expressed condolences while pledging a thorough review of the operation.
- In Ulm, prosecutors and the state criminal office opened a case after officers shot a 26-year-old who allegedly tried to force entry and refused to drop weapons, with inquiries examining whether the guns were real or replicas.
- Rhineland-Palatinate police continue a large-scale search for a 22-year-old relative suspected of stabbing a 10-year-old in Schallodenbach after an initial detainee proved not to be the wanted man.
- Public-safety cases also include a platform stabbing at Berlin Hauptbahnhof stopped by an off-duty federal officer, a 50-year-old who halted traffic to dance on the A5 and now faces proceedings, and a Kleinostheim rail incident that shut the line as Bundespolizei investigates.