Overview
- A 53-year-old man is accused of attacking several people in a Mannheim apartment, leaving a 26-year-old woman in life-threatening but currently stable condition and a 76-year-old man seriously injured.
- Police say officers ordered the suspect to drop a knife and open the door, forced entry when he did not comply, and used physical force to restrain him.
- After emergency responders arrived the suspect collapsed, was taken to hospital and died there several hours later.
- The Kriminalpolizei has opened an investigation for attempted homicide and the Landeskriminalamt has taken charge of probing the cause of the suspect’s death, with a planned autopsy and preliminary results expected midweek.
- Authorities say the victims and the suspect were not related, the two men knew each other, the woman’s connection to them is unclear, and the autopsy outcome will be central to questions about legal blame and the police use of force.