Königswinter: smoldering fire in Drachenburg Castle
A smoldering fire broke out in the historic Drachenburg Castle in Königswinter on Thursday. Since the castle is currently used for filming the ZDF show “Bares for Rares”, there were no visitors in the building. As the fire brigade reports, employees of the TV production company noticed the smell of fire when preparing to shoot and informed the emergency services. When the fire department arrived, the television staff had already left the castle. The smoldering fire in a false ceiling was therefore quickly under control, the damage in the historic building remained low. The cause of the fire initially remained unclear. The shooting could be continued after the assignment. According to “General-Anzeiger”, the ZDF press office has confirmed the incident, according to the broadcaster, the rehearsals for the shoot were interrupted. However, the place where the assignment took place was not one of the areas used for the “Bares for Rares” shoot.
Source: Königswinter fire brigade, “General indicator“
Monheim: Fawn cut four legs and thrown away alive like garbage
In Monheim in the Bavarian district of Donau-Ries, a stranger cut all four runs from a fawn while mowing a meadow. As the “Augsburger Allgemeine” reported with the police, the severely injured animal was subsequently thrown into a hedge “to dispose of it like garbage”. The hunter, with whom the mowing was not approved according to the report, found the animal that was still alive but could not be saved. He shot it to save him further suffering. The incident occurred in May, but has only become known. The police are now investigating violations of animal welfare and Bavarian hunting laws against unknowns.
Source: “Augsburg General“
Berlin: Large crystal meth find
The Brandenburg police seized ten kilograms of crystal meth in a blow to a gang of drugs in Berlin. This was the largest amount of the drug seized to date in the region with a black market value of around one million euros, the police headquarters reported on Thursday. After a year and a half of investigations, officials from the State Criminal Police Office in Berlin-Pankow were able to arrest five suspects at the end of May with the support of Special Forces (SEK). The three suspected drug dealers and two couriers were taken into custody. Previously, the “B.Z.” reported.
The starting point of the investigation was the announcement of the landlord of a warehouse in Schönerlinde in Brandenburg, the police reported.
Source: DPA
Goch: 15-year-old drives a family car – three teenagers seriously injured
During a nightly jaunt with the family car, a 15-year-old rolled over in his parents’ car in North Rhine-Westphalia. He and his two 16-year-old passengers were seriously injured in the accident in Goch near the Dutch border, the police said on Thursday. According to initial findings, the car had left the road on Thursday in a curve to the left, crashed into a tree and then overturned.
The vehicle stayed on the roof. The youngsters were therefore able to get out themselves before the car caught fire. A 35-year-old resident put out the fire.
The adolescents were taken to hospitals. The car suffered total damage, and the driver had to answer for driving without a license. How the 15-year-old got the car – like other details about the cause of the accident – was initially unknown.
Source: DPA
Hanover: eight injured in explosion in residential building
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A violent bang woke up some residents of the Hanover district of List on Wednesday evening. There was an explosion in an apartment building, which developed into a flat fire. Eight people were injured – one of them seriously. Several callers had initially reported an explosion in an apartment in List to the control center, a police spokesman said in the evening. Firefighters found a man with fire injuries on the street at the scene of the accident. An apartment burned on the first floor. Eleven other people, including five children, had to be saved with an aerial ladder. The rescue workers arrived with three fire trucks, several emergency doctors and pastors. In addition to the seriously injured, seven other people with smoke poisoning came to hospitals. The fire was extinguished after a short time. The house is no longer habitable. What led to the accident is still unclear. Debris on the street, such as a broken window, indicated an explosion, according to a fire department spokesman.
source: DPA
The fire brigade rescued several residents from the burning building in Hanover with ladders
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Drachenfels: Unknown people steal the summit cross from the Siegfried rock
Since 1987, a summit cross has stood on the Siegfried rock, 1.20 meters high, solid steel, firmly screwed and secured with two guy ropes – and now disassembled. As the “Rheinische Post” reports, unknown persons have stolen the steel cross, the value of which is estimated at around 1000 euros. “The entire construction has been dismantled,” reports Gerhard Müller, the deputy chairman of the Beautification Association for the Siebengebirge (VVS). The theft must have been quite complex, because the way to the summit leads through a dense forest, after which you have to climb. The Siegfried rock is part of the Drachenfels mountain range and rises 321 meters above the Rhine.
source: Rheinische Post
Tübingen: Ecstasy tablet swallowed – 13-year-old collapses and dies
A 13-year-old died in a Tübingen clinic after swallowing an ecstasy tablet. A police officer and the public prosecutor said Tuesday that a 15-year-old who allegedly gave him the pill was being investigated. The accused has so far denied the allegations. The 13-year-old was traveling with two friends in Münsingen on the Swabian Alb on Sunday evening when he collapsed. The two friends alerted the rescue workers. The condition of the adolescent had deteriorated so much that he died after a few hours, it was said. An autopsy should clarify the exact cause of death.
One of the adolescent’s companions had given the rescue workers a hint that the 13-year-old had apparently knowingly swallowed the ecstasy tablet. The police are also investigating indications that the 15-year-old could have bought the pill on the so-called Darknet – a particularly protected area on the Internet – without even knowing the ingredients and the active ingredient content.
So far, there is no evidence that the accused adolescent has given more tablets to other people, the message said. Nevertheless, the authorities warned not only in principle not to take ecstasy tablets, but also specifically to consume substances from the Darknet.
Source: DPA
Dithmarschen: helicopter pulls three men out of the mudflats
A strange rescue operation took place in Dithmarschen late Wednesday evening. Three men were on the boat and tried to walk to the shore after the boat broke. They sank to the chest in the mud flats and were unable to free themselves from the stuck mud. They were still able to make an emergency call using a mobile phone. Due to the progressive darkness, however, the rescue team could not identify the men at first. The fire brigade divers who were called in were also not very lucky because the area is particularly difficult to penetrate in the dark. Only an alarmed rescue helicopter was able to locate the shipwrecked and pull it out of the mud in two approaches using a winch. The men were put down freezing but in whole pieces on the bank. Operations manager Lars Paulsen then reported to the press portal how crucial the helicopter was for the successful rescue: “Not only getting to the men by land or water would have been very time-consuming and exhausting, but also the liberation from the mud itself. The emergency services would also have sunk into the silt and would not have been able to use the necessary force to pull the people out of the silt! “
source: Press portal
News from Germany from Wednesday, June 10th:
Duisburg: police stop fake Ferrari
The officials in Duisburg-Beeck actually thought they were dealing with a Ferrari. But far from it. The red runabout that the police checked on Monday morning was actually a Toyota MR2. The supposed sports car looked deceptively real: red paint, the famous horse on the grille and the yellow emblem on the sides and bonnet. Since “Ferrari” is a protected trademark, the 45-year-old driver now has to deal with a complaint about the violation of the trademark law.
Source: Police Duisburg
Stuttgart: Three injuries in an ambulance accident
An ambulance crashed into a car in Stuttgart. As reported by the police, the emergency services were on Wednesday morning with a special signal when they drove to a crossroads under red lights. A 39-year-old who wanted to cross the intersection at green overlooked the vehicle. During the collision, the ambulance tipped onto a lantern. The mast buckled and the emergency vehicle came to rest on its side. The 41-year-old medic, his 24-year-old passenger and the woman suffered minor injuries in the accident. No patient was in the ambulance during the mission.
The ambulance lies on its side at an intersection after an accident
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Source: Stuttgart police
Neubrandenburg: swarm of bees ensures police operations
A swarm of bees has led to a police operation on Datzeberg in Neubrandenburg. There, residents had discovered a frightening number of animals on a high-rise facade and called the police. Finally, a beekeeper was asked who could quickly identify the queen bee and move the bee colony in this way. According to his estimate, there were around 10,000 bees in total. The police assisted him with the resettlement, one of which was stabbed in the forehead. He was still able to continue his service, as the saying goes.
Source: Police in Neubrandenburg
Celle: Man breaks his girlfriend’s nose
The police in Celle had to leave Tuesday night for a case of domestic violence. As officials reported on Wednesday, a 59-year-old had broken the nose of his 50-year-old partner. “The slightly alcoholic Wüterich was upset about the cooked dinner and was so freaked out that he not only knocked over the table and smashed dishes on the wall, but also became violent towards his partner,” the police said. The frightened woman then escaped from the apartment with a bleeding nose and was taken to a hospital by an accidentally passing taxi. That same night, she went to the police station and filed a criminal complaint for assault. Accompanied by police officers, she drove back to her apartment, where the suspect continued to be taken for granted. A several-day eviction was pronounced against him. For victims of domestic violence, the police provide the following link https://www.polizei-beratung.de Information material available.
Source: Police Celle
Hamburg: Salzburg-Sylt night train planned
From July 4th, a night train will run between Salzburg and Sylt. Twice a week, the Hamburg railway company RDC will run its own trains as “Alpen-Sylt-Nachtexpress” in both directions by September, reports the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. The route runs via Prien am Chiemsee, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Husum – and thus connects several major cities with holiday regions in southern and northern Germany. RDC also operates the DB Autozug to Sylt.
Rail travelers can currently choose between several IC connections to Sylt: There are trains to Sylt from Dresden (via Berlin), Frankfurt, Cologne (via Bremen) and Karlsruhe (via Frankfurt and Hanover). From the island you can get to Dresden (via Berlin), Stuttgart (via Frankfurt, Cologne and Bremen), Frankfurt (via Cologne and Bremen) and Karlsruhe (via Frankfurt and Hanover).
Deutsche Bahn had thinned out its night train network in Germany a few years ago. Three years ago, the Austrian Federal Railroad (ÖBB) took over the loss-making DB night train business. The ÖBB nightjet operation is to be gradually expanded by 2026.
Hamburg: New investigation against police after use against blacks
Against the backdrop of global protests against racist police violence in the USA, a video of a police operation in Hamburg that had been going on for months caused a stir. The prosecutor’s office was again involved in the case, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The video, which was still available on YouTube until Tuesday morning, but was no longer released on the platform afterwards, shows how three police officers hold a man with dark skin on the floor of a sidewalk in the Horn district. An official presses the man’s head onto the pavement with both hands.
According to prosecutors, the video shows an operation from August 11 last year. As Hamburg’s Senator for the Interior Andy Grote (SPD) said on Tuesday in the state press conference, it happened after a parking violation. The man, whose car was supposed to be towed, was a French citizen who tried to move away from the scene. “Then he was detained, then there was a scuffle and then – at least that’s the report from the police – it came to this situation that the victim lay on the ground and was detained,” said Grote.
Investigations into the suspicion of assault against the police officers had already started last year, but were later stopped, the spokeswoman for the prosecutor said. At that time, the investigators only had a video of the incident from a different perspective. “This video and the other results of the investigation were not sufficient at the time to justify a sufficient suspicion against the police officers.”
With the new recording now available, the investigation was resumed. The incident is currently being investigated by the Police Internal Investigation Service. “Just to clarify, I would like to point out that the subject of the procedure is not racial allegations, but criminal offenses, in particular assault in the office,” said the spokeswoman.
Source: DPA
Erfurt: Motorists are racing in patrol cars
Serious accident in Erfurt: On Tuesday, a patrol car crew noticed an Opel that was standing on the side of the road and had obviously broken down. As the officials reported, the police vehicle stood behind the Opel with the flashing lights and warning triangle on to secure the car. A 34-year-old driver noticed this too late and drove unchecked into the radio patrol car. Several people were seriously injured in the collision. Among them were the two police officers who were sitting in their vehicles. The 34-year-old was seriously injured in the accident. A third person who was in the patrol car is currently in critical condition. All four were taken to a hospital. Fortunately, the people from the breakdown vehicle had left the car and thus witnessed the tragic accident.
Source: Erfurt police
A7 at / Eichenzell: Truck driver is frightened by speed cameras and is building an accident A serious accident occurred on Tuesday on the A7. As the police reported on Wednesday morning, a car in the Eichenzell area was driving too quickly and triggered the flashing light of a radar system. The truck driver behind him was startled by the flash and tore the steering wheel to the right. As a result, the truck began to roll, crashing into the guardrail to the right of the road, whereupon the guardrail was knocked over and the police speedometer behind it was damaged. The truck then drove left across both lanes and crashed into the central guardrail there. The tractor unit turned 180 degrees, wedged with the trailer attached, and came to a stop on the central guardrail. Both lanes were fully blocked at the Lohmühle car park for over two hours. Traffic was diverted via the Lohmühle car park. There was a backlog of about two kilometers.
Source: Police in East Hesse
News from Germany from Tuesday, June 9th:
Baden-Baden: Local residents attack man while mowing lawn
A nervous resident attacked a man mowing the lawn in a residential area in Baden-Baden on Monday evening and injured his head with a metal handle. As the police said, the later victim worked a lawn mower between several houses. At around 6 p.m., a resident verbally asked him to switch the device off and stop working. Because the worker did not comply with this demand, the angry resident attacked the man with a metal handle. According to the officials, the 30-year-old was hit on the head several times. He went to medical treatment independently. The racket is being investigated for dangerous bodily harm.
According to the current guidelines of the 32nd Federal Immission Control Ordinance (BImSchV), electric lawn mowers in Germany may be operated from Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Source: Baden-Baden police
Stralsund: crowd favorite “Niki” died in the Ozeaneum
One of the great attractions of the Stralsund Oceanum, the sand tiger shark “Niki”, is dead. As reported, among other things, “NDR 1”, the 200-kilogram crowd favorite died on Friday at the age of 18. The cause of death is said to be cardiovascular failure. “Niki” came to Stralsund from Berlin in 2008 and, with a spectacular campaign, was first hoisted onto the roof of the ocean in a transport container and later transported to the aquarium. Sand tiger sharks can live up to 40 years in the wild. An autopsy of the two and a half meter long animal should clarify the cause of the early heart failure.
Source: “NDR 1”
Hanover: jewelry thief escapes in the ICE, video exposes him
A 31-year-old allegedly made “big booty” on Monday evening at Hanover Central Station. As the police report, the man stole a backpack from a woman from Hamburg that had been left on the floor with jewelry and personal items worth almost 20,000 euros. The 61-year-old initially did not notice the theft. According to the officials, the alleged perpetrator jumped into an ICE towards Hamburg. And it was there that officials arrested the Iranian citizen. He denied the theft and claimed to have found the backpack. A surveillance camera installed on the platform exposed the man, who was also drunk.
Source: Hanover police
Stockelsdorf: Ten-year-old found lifeless in children’s room
A terrible accident has occurred in Stockelsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein. A ten-year-old boy is said to have strangled himself in his nursery. The police reported that the boy’s mother, husband, and two siblings were in the house at the time, but not in the boy’s room. The child passed away on Sunday despite immediate resuscitation measures. As reported by the “Hamburger Morgenpost”, the investigators currently assume that the child was killed while playing. “There are no indications of a homicide at the time of the investigation,” prosecutor Ulla Hingst is quoted as saying. No exact details are yet to be given on the exact course of death.
Sources: Police Lübeck, “Hamburger Morgenpost”
Essen: Passers-by find a body on the street
Terrible find in Essen: There the police were alarmed late Monday evening at shortly before midnight after passers-by discovered a dead man on the street. As “The West” reported, the man was killed in a traffic accident. The driver has therefore apparently committed flight. The police are now looking for witnesses.
Source: “The West”
Worms: bed linen convicts burglars
A duvet cover blew up a burglar in Worms. As the police announced early Tuesday morning, the 40-year-old broke into an apartment at night. When the resident noticed this, she called her partner. The latter immediately made his way to the house – but met a man who was transporting several objects in a duvet cover. Because the laundry looked familiar, he spoke to the burglar. This dropped its prey and ran. Together with two other passers-by, the partner managed to hold the burglar until the police arrived.
Source: DPA
News from Germany from Monday June 8th:
Bochum: Supermarket customer is attacked with beef steak because he did not keep the distance
At the fresh food counter of a Bochum supermarket, a customer took the distance rules very carefully. Because another customer had come too close to his terms, he turned and threatened: “Get out of here, or I’ll punch you in the face.” The 53-year-old resigned, according to the police, but that was apparently not enough for his car. He slapped the man in the face with a piece of Argentinean beef fillet weighing just under two kilograms, which he had just been given by the supermarket employee.
The victim got to safety and informed the police. The 48-year-old attacker conceded the act, but reacted with incomprehension – after all, he was injured in his “personal sphere”. The police wrote a complaint of assault against the man. The 53-year-old victim sustained minor injuries and later went for medical treatment.
source: AFP
Ingolstadt: Walkers find skeletonized body parts in the forest
A walker has found skeletonized body parts in a forest in Upper Bavaria. According to the forensic medical examination, it is the remains of a couple who has been missing for 18 years, as the police in Ingolstadt announced on Monday. In 2002, a relative filed a missing person report to the police because the couple was unreachable. The cause of death was still unclear.
A week ago, a walker found a skeletonized human skull and other bones in the municipality of Kipfenberg in the Eichstätt district. During subsequent excavations, the police discovered a second skull and more bones. The soil recovered from the forest was crushed and screened in a hall. Teeth and other bone parts were discovered.
Using extensive investigations, forensic doctors secured DNA material from the bones. The trail led to the couple missing since 2002. The criminal police set up an investigation team to investigate the exact circumstances of the death.
Source: AFP
Lindlar: Burglar apologizes for disturbance at night and escapes with cash
With the words “Oh, sorry, the front door was open”, a burglar politely asked a resident in Lindlar in North Rhine-Westphalia for understanding – and then heeled with his booty. The 64-year-old woman woke up to the nightly break-in, the police said on Monday in Gummersbach. At this point the unknown man was already in the resident’s bedroom.
The caught thief promptly made off for the cash he had previously found in cupboards. “He closed the front door behind him,” the police reported. The law enforcement officers are now looking for a heavily built spectacle wearer who speaks High German.
Source: AFP
Mölln: Burglars steal two cats from an animal shelter
In the night from Friday to Saturday, two cats were stolen from the cat house in the Möllner animal home in the Duchy of Lauenburg. According to initial findings, the unknown perpetrators entered the grounds of the animal shelter via the violently opened front door. From there they entered the so-called cat house and stole two cats. The police are asking for clues. Who saw suspicious persons or vehicles in the area of the shelter during the specified crime period. Who can provide information on the crime and the whereabouts of the stolen animals? Witness references please to the criminal police Ratzeburg under the telephone number 04541 / 809-0.
source: DPA
Wuppertal: ICE runs against a burning tree: train evacuated
A Deutsche Bahn express train crashed into a burning tree in Wuppertal. The ICE with around 150 people on board had been evacuated, said a spokeswoman for the federal police in Sankt Augustin on Saturday evening. A passenger was shocked, another person complained of circulatory problems, it said. The locomotive was not insignificantly damaged. According to the police, the tree had fallen on a catenary on Saturday afternoon, caught fire and partly remained on the tracks.
Source: DPA
Neustadt am Rübenberg: Motorists and wolves die in a traffic accident
A serious traffic accident occurred on Sunday evening in Neustadt am Rübenberg in Lower Saxony. A small car collided with a wolf, and both the 76-year-old driver and the animal were killed in the collision. As the police in Hanover announced on Monday morning, the accident occurred on late Sunday evening on federal highway 6 between Frielingen and Neustadt-Bordenau. After the collision with the wolf, the small car hit a tree and overturned. The driver died at the scene of the accident. The officials are now investigating exactly how the accident happened. According to the police, a wolf representative from the Hanover region found that the animal was a young wolf.
source: DPA
Gießen: Woman runs onto the motorway after an accident and is hit by a vehicle
A woman was killed in an accident on Autobahn 45 near Gießen on Monday morning. A spokeswoman for the police said the driver got out of her vehicle after a collision and was hit by another vehicle. Three other people were seriously injured. According to initial findings, a minibus and the woman’s vehicle collided shortly after midnight for an unknown cause. The driver got out and was on the lane when another car hit her. “Due to the impact, the woman was thrown into the opposite lane, where she succumbed to her injuries,” said the spokesman. The driver of the bus, his passenger and the driver of the third vehicle were transported to nearby hospitals with serious injuries. The highway was blocked in both directions for several hours.
source: DPA
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