Overview

• A 34-year-old Polizeioberkommissar was fatally shot in Völklingen while responding to a gas-station robbery.
• According to the public prosecutor, the suspect seized a police service weapon and the officer was hit by six shots.
• The investigation includes suspicion of murder as well as particularly serious robbery and two counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said.
• The Saarland government called a statewide minute of silence for 09:00 and invited police agencies from other states and the federal level to join.
• Bavarian police will observe the silence at their facilities, and Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann plans to take part in Erlangen.