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Weekend Series of Crashes, Shootings and Attacks Prompts Nationwide Investigations

Authorities are investigating a string of deadly traffic collisions, a border checkpoint shooting and violent street assaults that left multiple people wounded over the weekend.

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Overview

  • In Nürnberg, police arrested a 43-year-old after his BMW, driven at over 2‰ blood alcohol, ran red lights and crashed before officers stopped him.
  • A 60-year-old motorcyclist died after colliding with a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a 16-year-old near Schäftlarn; the teenager faces negligent bodily harm charges.
  • Federal police shot and killed a 47-year-old man at a Schirnding border checkpoint after he opened fire on officers; crystal meth was recovered from his vehicle.
  • An unknown assailant in Berlin-Lichtenberg critically injured a 19-year-old woman and her mother in a street attack; investigators have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
  • Additional incidents included a heavily intoxicated truck driver on the A4 near Chemnitz that forced a temporary closure, an A7 taxi crash in Hamburg injuring eight people—four of them children—and separate motorcycle collisions on the Kyffhäuser route.