Overview
- Police in Bavaria will step up person and bag checks around parades and enforce the public‑event knife ban, with officials stressing there are no concrete signs of an acute threat.
- Weather forecaster Daniel Jung warns of frost, black ice and a potential small snowstorm in North Rhine–Westphalia on Rosenmontag, raising disruption risks for major parades in Cologne and Düsseldorf.
- Two Blohm+Voss employees have been arrested over suspected sabotage of new Bundeswehr corvettes in Hamburg, with prosecutors alleging deliberate damage as the investigation continues.
- In Waltrop, officers shot a 53‑year‑old man who threatened relatives and police with a knife; he died in hospital and an external force and prosecutors are reviewing the use of firearms.
- Munich police will receive support from foreign officers for the Munich Security Conference as many local units are deployed to carnival duties, and multiple demonstrations are planned around the event.