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Woman Arrested in Hamburg in Connection With Deadly Lübeck Attic Fire

Her arrest marks the start of intensified inquiries into the attic blaze’s motive alongside efforts to reconstruct its timeline.

Das Feuer im Lübecker Stadtteil St. Lorenz kostete zwei Menschen das Leben
Ermittler haben nahe des Hamburger Hauptbahnhofs eine mutmaßliche Mörderin festgenommen. Die 27-Jährige war mit einem Haftbefehl gesucht worden, wie die Bundespolizei Hamburg mitteilte.

Overview

  • A 27-year-old woman was detained near Hamburg Hauptbahnhof on July 24 after being identified on multiple surveillance camera images.
  • She faces arson charges in connection with a May 29 fire in the attic of a multi-family house in Lübeck’s St. Lorenz district that killed two men and injured two others.
  • The Lübeck homicide commission has taken over the investigation and is examining the suspect’s motive and the blaze’s exact sequence of events.
  • Hamburg federal police collaborated with Lübeck detectives to locate the suspect after she was placed under an arrest warrant in mid-July.
  • Forensic teams identified the second victim on June 11 through DNA analysis after discovering his remains in previously inaccessible rooms.