Overview
- The attack, which occurred on March 21 in a Valley hotel room, left a 41-year-old beaten and hospitalized for several days after his smartphone was stolen.
- The suspects, arrested April 10 in coordinated operations on the A8 and in Oranienburg, are a 21-year-old and a 25-year-old who both live in Berlin.
- An investigative judge ordered both men held in custody at the request of the Munich II public prosecutor's office.
- Local officers in Holzkirchen handled the first response and launched an immediate search, and the Rosenheim criminal police took over the case that night and continue the probe.
- Police kept the case off the public record for tactical reasons and disclosed details only after the arrests.