Overview
- Police found a missing 14-year-old dead in a vacant building near Memmingen’s train station, with an autopsy confirming violent trauma.
- A 37-year-old found hiding at the site allegedly attacked officers with a knife, fled, was later confronted by plainclothes police near the public pool, was shot after advancing with a knife, and died in hospital.
- The Bavarian State Criminal Police and the Memmingen prosecutor are reviewing whether the shooting was lawful, and an autopsy of the suspect is planned.
- Authorities said the deceased suspect was a rejected asylum applicant tolerated in Germany due to unclear identity, reportedly born in the West Bank with nationality still undetermined.
- Memmingen’s mayor voiced shock, offered condolences to the family, and pointed residents to counseling services as investigators withhold further details during the active probes.