Overview

• A court ordered pre‑trial detention for men aged 16, 29 and 52 on allegations including manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and grievous bodily harm.
• Investigators said a further detention request is being examined for another injured suspect, and earlier police operations led to seven arrests in total.
• Police report that 20 to 30 people fought on Sunday evening in Gelsenkirchen‑Bismarck using knives, tasers and bats; a 56‑year‑old died of stab wounds and three others were seriously injured.
• A homicide commission is reconstructing the sequence of events and interviewing witnesses after repeated prior callouts and preventive warning talks failed to defuse tensions.
• Security sources say those involved are not classified as an organized criminal clan, and the AfD has requested a briefing in the North Rhine‑Westphalia parliament’s interior committee.