Overview
- The Potsdam prosecutor is investigating on suspicion of severe sexual abuse of children in the Brandenburg/Havel measure enforcement facility.
- According to the prosecutor, the alleged perpetrator is a person currently housed in the clinic and remains there under supervision.
- Brandenburg’s health ministry terminated the employment of the clinic’s medical leadership with immediate effect, citing a grave incident.
- The ministry and the LAVG were informed on November 3, conducted targeted on-site checks on November 4 and 6, and filed a criminal complaint on November 10.
- Authorities have withheld further details to protect the investigation; media report the incident may date back months and questions persist over how a child entered a high-security unit that houses up to 131 patients.