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Two Homicide Probes After Night of Violence in Germany: One Dead in Neumünster, Two Shot in Hamm

Homicide investigators now focus on forensics and custody decisions.

Overview

  • In Neumünster, officers called to Kieler Straße around 18:30 found a 24-year-old critically injured who died despite resuscitation efforts.
  • A 26-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene and is to be brought before a magistrate on Wednesday.
  • Two other men, aged 29 and 34, were initially detained but released overnight due to a lack of urgent suspicion.
  • Police secured a firearm at the Neumünster scene, with testing underway to determine any link to the killing, and an autopsy is scheduled.
  • Later in Hamm, unknown attackers opened fire near a multi-family house around 22:50, seriously injuring two men aged 20 and 21; one’s condition improved from life-threatening, suspects remain at large as a homicide commission investigates.