Overview
- Police say a dispute in an Eißendorf apartment on Denickestraße ended with a 23-year-old stabbed several times and in critical condition.
- After a wide search that used about a dozen patrol cars and a helicopter, Bundespolizei officers arrested a 27-year-old at Harburg station.
- Two knives were recovered during the arrest, though tests have not shown they were used in the attack.
- Police said the suspect had minor injuries and went to a hospital under guard before a bid for pre-trial detention.
- Hamburg’s homicide unit, the Mordkommission, now leads the case with the public prosecutor, and Red Cross crisis counselors supported affected relatives and witnesses.