Overview

• Official statistics show violence against rescue and firefighting personnel rose more than one-third to 2,737 reported cases in 2023.
• A 38-year-old in Bad Feilnbach has been arrested for a brutal attack on two paramedics, one kicked down stairs and both hospitalised with serious injuries.
• Police detained a 20-year-old suspect after a stabbing at Dresden’s Wiener Platz left a 21-year-old and an 18-year-old bystander injured.
• Multiple June 13 road accidents linked to reckless or impaired driving claimed lives, including a 23-year-old motorcyclist in Wistedt, a 58-year-old biker near Wuppertal and a 51-year-old driver in Eschwege.
• In Gundelfingen, authorities arrested a 47-year-old suspect on suspicion of killing a 66-year-old man and have launched a special commission to investigate.