Overview

• Police responded around 23:40 on Sunday to reports of screams at an apartment on Immenkamp in Recklinghausen.
• Officers found a 59-year-old woman lifeless with numerous stab wounds, and an emergency doctor pronounced her dead.
• Crime-scene evidence identified a 34-year-old man from the victim’s family circle, who later presented himself at a police station.
• The man was provisionally arrested as investigators conduct forensic and background inquiries, with prosecutors yet to announce charges or a motive.
• The killing occurred the same evening as a separate mass brawl in Gelsenkirchen involving weapons, where one injured person later died.