Overview
- The Ansbach public prosecutor, acting on complaints, ended its review with no criminal charges for the police officer or the angler.
- Police report the roughly two‑metre catfish had attacked and injured several bathers at Brombachsee on June 20.
- Authorities coordinated with an angling club and the Wasserwacht to remove the fish after assessing a safety risk to swimmers and festival visitors.
- An officer fired three shots without hitting the fish before an angler captured and humanely killed it.
- Prosecutors noted catfish in this jurisdiction have no statutory closed season or minimum size, eliminating fisheries‑law barriers to removal.