Overview
- Police say federal officers responded to Rosenheim station at about 12:50 a.m. on Sunday after reports that a 31-year-old British woman had been attacked with a knife and was taken to hospital, where she later died.
- A 27-year-old German man from the Fürstenfeldbruck district was provisionally arrested at the scene and remains in custody as prosecutors prepare to present him to magistrates.
- The Rosenheim Criminal Investigation Department and the Traunstein Public Prosecutor’s Office are treating the case as a suspected homicide and have appealed for witnesses who may have seen an argument or physical altercation.
- Rosenheim’s mayor said there is no sign the attack poses a wider security threat to the city’s Herbstfest, and the UK Foreign Office confirmed it is supporting the victim’s family and liaising with local authorities.
- Rosenheim is a busy regional rail hub near the Austrian border, and investigators are working to determine the attacker’s motive and whether the victim was a resident or a visitor to the area.