Overview
- Trial opens in Saarbrücken for a 19-year-old accused of murdering a Völklingen police officer, with prosecutors alleging he seized a trainee’s service pistol and fired; the youth chamber has scheduled hearings through mid-April.
- Following the fatal assault on train attendant Serkan Çalar, DB Fernverkehr works councils demand mandatory minimum crews, greater security presence and round-the-clock bodycams, with a Deutsche Bahn security summit set for Friday in Berlin that the transport minister plans to attend.
- Reporting indicates the suspect in the train case drew police attention earlier the same day in Kaiserslautern, as investigators pursue a manslaughter case and the man remains in pretrial detention.
- Hertha BSC exited the DFB-Pokal on penalties to SC Freiburg, as coach Stefan Leitl criticized Berlin mayor Kai Wegner’s Olympic trip; Hertha shifts focus to their promotion push starting with Saturday’s league match against Hannover 96.
- At the Winter Olympics, Germany’s ice-hockey team features NHL stars including Leon Draisaitl, Tim Stützle and Moritz Seider, with coach Harold Kreis targeting the best possible result and the opener against Denmark on Thursday.