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Police Shoot Knife Attacker, Confirm Homicide and Hunt Bus Robbers in Cases Across Germany

Fresh appeals plus expanded searches mark a widening set of probes across multiple states.

Overview

  • Landshut police say a 30-year-old who attacked officers with a knife was shot and remains hospitalized, while two policemen and a policewoman injured in the incident have been discharged.
  • Prosecutors in Hanau confirmed the 19-year-old found with stab wounds in Maintal-Dörnigheim has died, with an autopsy planned this week and investigators seeking at least two men seen fleeing.
  • Searches in the 2019 Rebecca Reusch case expanded to another site near Tauche, with drones and ground radar deployed as investigators focus on the brother-in-law and ask witnesses about a pink Twingo seen near the area.
  • Kriminalpolizei Landshut is investigating an armed robbery on the A93 in which three suspects posing as inspectors stopped a coach, stole cash and documents, and fled in a white VW with partial plate ‘WR’.
  • An SEK searched a Bottrop apartment block after a man pulled a firearm during a police check and escaped; officers released a broad description and requested tips on a dedicated hotline.