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- Three brothers in Berlin on trial for extortion of businessman
- Four defendants tried for expanding foam attacks on hundreds of cars
- Sex offender from Hameln abused children on prison leave – trial in Aschaffenburg
- Young man injured at Scheidplatz in Munich – murder squad investigates
- Two men attack federal police officers at Munich-Pasing station
- Knife attack in Lippstadt: 21-year-old seriously injured, emergency operation saved his life
- Brutal attack in Düsseldorf: police seek two assailants
- Trial in Wallenhorst: Verdict in Mother's Killing
- Anaesthetist convicted of murder – 13.5 years imprisonment
- Dentist anaesthetist convicted of 13-year prison sentence following child's death
- Rostock murder trial: witness describes icy behaviour of Gina H. at discovery site
- Murder of elderly man in Cologne reveals gaps: two suspects should have been deported
- Raids against neo-Nazi music network in Germany and Europe
- Police officer and officials under suspicion in money-laundering raid against Hells Angels
- Hamburg trial: Klara Block recounts her abduction on New Year's Eve
- Youth Trainer Held on Remand for Child Abuse
- Three men held in custody in Euskirchen — knife threat and assault on police officers
- 600,000 LMU students affected by hacker attack – systems partially restored
- Woman shot at Oberndorf railway station – man arrested
- Admission in Darknet Trial: Operator of "Archetyp Market" Before Frankfurt Court
- Police arrest suspect following break-in at Calau fire station
- Two men wounded in shooting from car in Neukölln
- Trial in Frankfurt: Operator of "Archetyp Market" in Court
- Darknet drug market "Archetyp Market": alleged founder in court
- Murder trial in Munich: dominatrix allegedly killed long-standing client out of greed
- 37-year-old shot in Cologne-Ossendorf – murder squad established
- 25-year-old dies from lacerations in Delmenhorst – boy also injured
- Blank-firing pistol brandished during traffic dispute on Magdeburger Ring – investigations launched against two drivers
- 27-year-old seriously injured in Delmenhorst – three suspects arrested
- Blank-firing weapons in Merseburg and Magdeburg: police investigate two incidents
- Arrest in Merseburg: 31-year-old fires blank-firing weapon and attacks police officers
- Two further arrests at Nuremberg Central Station – 21 arrest warrants executed
- Missing children in Saalfeld: police search for Bil (3), Malouk (4) and their foster mother
- Cocaine trial Düsseldorf: Court releases estate agent on bail
- Climate activist at Munich airport: 100 hours of community service for Erding student
- Aiding and abetting murder: Dortmund prosecutors investigate 105-year-old former guard
- Large-scale operation in Berlin-Friedrichshain: construction worker attacked with urine, six persons taken into custody
- Antisemitic attack in Düsseldorf: 35-year-old injured at Rhine waterfront
- Germany intensifies fight against social welfare fraud: Romanians and Bulgarians exploited by criminal networks
- Remmo son posts chat with Left politician Koçak after election party scandal
- Police officers removed from civil service following shooting in Gevelsberg
- Hacker attack on LMU Munich: Student data compromised
- Hard drugs and blank-firing pistol found in crashed vehicle in Mannheim-Feudenheim
- Man from Kaiserslautern loses five-figure sum through crypto fraud
- Man with machete arrested in Berlin-Hellersdorf – 2.9 per mille
- Shooting spree in Cologne: restaurants, jewellers and homes targeted
- Body found in Nersingen-Straß: Police investigating suspected homicide
- Crime statistics 2025: murders and rapes rise despite falling overall crime
- BaFin warns against roipax.de: operation without authorisation, lawyer urges caution
- BaFin warns against marathonasset.com: identity theft and illegal financial services
- Raid at AfD employee's home in Berlin: drugs and Nazi memorabilia seized
- MHH doctor in Hanover acquitted of murder charges
- Controversial comparison in Fabian murder trial shakes Rostock Regional Court
- Arson attack on synagogue in Wuppertal – Afghan arrested
- Arson attack on Wuppertal synagogue shortly before Yom Kippur
- Arson attack on synagogue in Wuppertal: 37-year-old Afghan arrested
- Dortmund: Murderer on the run for 25 years – police release wanted photographs
- Berlin teacher reports herself: suspicion of rape of 15-year-old
- German police monitor WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram without breaking encryption
- Maschsee murderer back in court: hostage-taking and torture in Düsseldorf