Overview
- DNA testing identified the body found near Klein Upahl as eight-year-old Fabian from Güstrow, and a preliminary autopsy cites violent physical injuries; investigators pumped down a nearby pond and asked the public for private photo and video recordings.
- In Bollschweil, an autopsy found the killed eight-year-old sustained blunt-force and knife injuries; her 58-year-old father, wounded by a police shot during his arrest, is in pretrial detention as investigators assess a possible murder charge and report no prior indications of domestic violence to authorities.
- Prosecutors in Mosbach ended the probe of five officers who fired on a digger driver during a destructive rampage, concluding the shots complied with Baden-Württemberg police law and were necessary to stop further danger.
- In Ludwigshafen, a 20-year-old suspected shooter was released after investigators deemed his self-defense account plausible, citing tear-gas traces on a nearby car and seized items such as a balaclava and weapons linked to alleged attackers who are now under investigation.
- The Sicherungsverfahren in Aschaffenburg continued with kindergarten staff testifying about the knife attack that killed a two-year-old and a 41-year-old, as prosecutors seek the accused’s permanent placement in a psychiatric hospital.