Overview
- Investigators in Geisenfeld say residues of accelerants indicate deliberate arson, with concrete suspicion that the 59-year-old resident caused the blast; the male body found inside is being identified via DNA after an inconclusive autopsy.
- At Berlin’s Vivantes Neukölln and the Charité campus in Mitte, a nighttime detonation and a fire damaged areas linked to cancer treatment, but no one was hurt and hospital operations continue.
- The LKA’s state security and explosives experts are leading the Berlin inquiries, have received seven public tips, and are seeking original videos and photos as the suspected use of illegal pyrotechnics is assessed.
- In the murder of eight-year-old Fabian, a woman arrested last week on suspicion of murder remains silent, and prosecutors say inconsistent statements helped draw investigators’ focus to her.
- Police are examining a charred glove handed over via a TV crew, and investigators maintain Fabian was likely not killed at the dump site and that his body was set alight to obscure traces, with the suspected time window on October 10 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.