Overview
- Federal police arrested the 42-year-old at Leipzig central station on February 11 under a court warrant, and he was later remanded to a correctional facility.
- Prosecutors are investigating seven attempted murder cases linked to New Year's Eve fires set in corridors on two hotel floors.
- TAG24 reports the suspect allegedly built burning barricades from laundry carts in the fourth and fifth floors and tampered with fire extinguishers.
- Authorities say a search of the suspect’s residence secured traces and evidence, and hotel video reportedly shows him remaining inside after the fires began.
- No guests were injured; one employee was hospitalized for suspected smoke inhalation, and property damage is estimated at about €70,000.