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Al Etihad
5 days ago
- Al Etihad
Woman fatally shot by police after knife attack in Munich
8 June 2025 13:25 Munich (dpa) The two people who sustained minor injuries in a knife attack in Munich did not require treatment in hospital, a police spokesman in the Bavarian capital said on Sunday. A man and a woman were attacked by a 30-year-old woman on Saturday at the Theresienwiese - the open grounds where the annual Oktoberfest is held, according to the said officers fired at the alleged attacker, who was then taken to hospital, where she later died. Authorities have not confirmed any connection between the suspect and the victims, but such a link is considered unlikely. The motive behind the attack remains unknown. The police spokesman said the case is now under investigation. The woman, who lived near the crime scene, had no previous record of violent offences. Following standard procedure in such incidents, the State Office of Criminal Investigation has taken over the inquiry into the police shooting. Meanwhile, the Munich homicide unit is leading the investigation into the woman's actions.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Yahoo
Husband suspected of setting wife ablaze on German tram
A man turned himself in to German police on Monday after a woman travelling on a tram was set on fire in broad daylight the day before. The suspected perpetrator, who told police he was the woman's husband, poured flammable liquid over her and ignited the fire in front of other passengers. People on the tram pressed the emergency button, which stopped the vehicle that was travelling through Gera in the state of Thuringia, a police spokeswoman said. The tram driver rushed to the woman's aid and extinguished the flames on her body with a fire extinguisher. Police said the 46-year-old woman's upper body, arms and neck were on fire and she was critically injured. She was taken to hospital by helicopter. Pictures of the scene show a charred area near two seats in the tram. The perpetrator fled after the attack, with the police searching for him using police dogs and a helicopter. On Monday morning, the 46-year-old man turned himself in to the police. He did not resist and was provisionally arrested, said police, who launched an investigation for attempted murder. Special forces from the State Office of Criminal Investigation searched the man's flat in Gera. Both the man and the victim are from Georgia. The family has several children.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Police investigate after four Teslas were set on fire overnight in different parts of Berlin
Police said that since a potential political motivation could not be ruled out, the police state security department of the State Office of Criminal Investigation had taken over the investigation, according to German news agency dpa.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Yahoo
Mother, daughter die from injuries suffered in Munich car attack
A 37-year-old mother and her 2-year-old daughter have died from injuries they sustained in the Munich car attack on Thursday. They were from Munich and the mother was a city staff member, according to a spokesperson for the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation . At least 37 other people, including several children, were injured after a driver rammed a white Mini Cooper into a crowd during a Verdi trade union demonstration at the center of the city on Thursday morning, according to authorities. MORE: Suspect in Munich vehicle ramming shouted' Allahu akbar' to police after attack: Prosecutor The suspect -- a 24-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker residing in Munich on a valid residence permit -- acted alone and admitted during questioning to intentionally driving into the crowd, according to Senior Munich Public Prosecutor Gabriele Tillmann. The suspect acted alone, with no concrete evidence of network ties or organizational planning, according to the prosecutor. Authorities believe there is a religious motivation with signs of Islamist influence, but there have not been any confirmed ties to any extremist organizations, according to the prosecutor. Mother, daughter die from injuries suffered in Munich car attack originally appeared on
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Suspect in Munich car ramming must be expelled, says Scholz
Following the death of a 37-year-old woman and her daughter two days after a car ramming at a demonstration, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the alleged perpetrator must be expelled. "He will be returned to the country he comes from after serving his sentence," the chancellor said at an election campaign stop in Munich on Saturday. Anyone who commits such an act had no basis for any appeal, Scholz asserted. The 24-year-old Afghan must be convicted for his "unforgivable act." The Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation had previously announced that a mother and her young daughter have died from the serious injuries they had suffered in the attack. On Thursday, at least 39 people were injured while driving his car into a demonstration by the verdi trade union, according to police. Investigators are currently working on the assumption that the attack was motivated by Islamism. The driver is now in custody. "What happened here is really bad," said Scholz, who visited the scene of the crime in Munich city centre before the election rally. He said that clearly condemning the act was important "to prevent such acts" in future. "We will never resign ourselves to such acts," Scholz added. He said that Germany is currently struggling with its openness, but it is also clear that the country "needs its openness." It is now up to the country to set an example "that we will not allow ourselves to be divided, but will stand together." Liberal voices who argue that Germany as one of the world's richest nations has a moral responsibility to help refugees are increasingly at odds with conservatives and the right who want the country to get tough on migration.
