https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An employee at a clinic for disabled people outside Berlin was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing four people at the centre and wounding a fifth, police said, with the motive still unclear. https://www.thelocal.de/20210429/four-killed-in-attack-in-potsdam-care-clinic Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:06:30 +0200 four-killed-in-attack-in-potsdam-care-clinic A 51-year-old man suspected of killing five people including a baby as his car tore through a busy shopping street in the German city of Trier has been remanded in police custody, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201202/suspect-in-police-custody-after-car-runs-down-shoppers-in-germany Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:11:35 +0100 suspect-in-police-custody-after-car-runs-down-shoppers-in-germany Vandals have damaged more than 70 artworks and artifacts at some of Berlin's most renowned museums, police said Wednesday, in a targeted attack kept quiet by authorities for more than two weeks. https://www.thelocal.de/20201021/dozens-of-art-works-on-berlins-museum-island-damaged Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:44:09 +0200 dozens-of-art-works-on-berlins-museum-island-damaged Some 30 people including children were injured Monday when a car ploughed into a carnival procession in the small German town of Volkmarsen, with police arresting the driver but declining to speculate on a motive. https://www.thelocal.de/20200224/around-30-hurt-as-car-rams-germany-carnival-procession Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:33:56 +0100 around-30-hurt-as-car-rams-germany-carnival-procession Members of a German extreme right group arrested last week were believed to have been plotting "shocking" large-scale attacks on mosques similar to the ones carried out in New Zealand last year, a government spokesman said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200217/german-far-right-group-planned-christchurch-style-mosque-attacks-reports Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:54:43 +0100 german-far-right-group-planned-christchurch-style-mosque-attacks-reports German police have shot dead a knife-wielding Turkish man who sought to attack officers in the city of Gelsenkirchen. https://www.thelocal.de/20200106/police-shoot-dead-knife-wielding-attacker-in-western-germany Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:37:49 +0100 police-shoot-dead-knife-wielding-attacker-in-western-germany A 39-year-old man attacked a group of schoolchildren with irritant gas at a train station in North Rhine-Westphalia, telling police he is 'a racist' following his arrest. https://www.thelocal.de/20190912/man-attacks-group-of-schoolchildren-with-tear-gas-in-bielefeld Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:04:58 +0200 man-attacks-group-of-schoolchildren-with-tear-gas-in-bielefeld German footballer Mesut Özil and his Arsenal teammate Sead Kolasinac were attacked by 'knife-wielding car-jackers' in a terrifying ordeal which was captured on video and circulated on social media. https://www.thelocal.de/20190726/watch-german-footballer-mesut-zil-and-teammate-targeted-by-armed-car-jackers Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:18:55 +0200 watch-german-footballer-mesut-zil-and-teammate-targeted-by-armed-car-jackers Passengers have escaped injury after a high-speed train collided with concrete slabs placed over the rails in a suspected attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20190621/police-suspect-sabotage-after-train-collides-with-concrete-slabs-in-northern-germany Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:53:42 +0200 police-suspect-sabotage-after-train-collides-with-concrete-slabs-in-northern-germany A Tunisian man and his German wife went on trial Friday, charged with planning a foiled biological bomb attack in Germany with the deadly poison ricin. https://www.thelocal.de/20190607/tunisian-german-couple-in-court-over-ricin-attack-plot Fri, 07 Jun 2019 09:34:02 +0200 tunisian-german-couple-in-court-over-ricin-attack-plot German police said Monday two more bodies have been found during investigations into the deaths of three people discovered in a Bavarian hotel room and killed by crossbow bolts. https://www.thelocal.de/20190513/mystery-surrounds-crossbow-deaths-in-bavarian-village Mon, 13 May 2019 11:09:31 +0200 mystery-surrounds-crossbow-deaths-in-bavarian-village A young zookeeper is expected to make a full recovery after being mauled by two lions at the Serengeti Zoo, near Hanover, over the weekend. Reports indicate the man entered the enclosure at feeding time. https://www.thelocal.de/20190506/a-miracle-zookeeper-lucky-to-be-alive-after-lion-attack-near-hanover Mon, 06 May 2019 13:28:17 +0200 a-miracle-zookeeper-lucky-to-be-alive-after-lion-attack-near-hanover Passengers on an ICE travelling from Berlin to Saarbrücken were shocked after windows were shattered by what they believe were bullets. https://www.thelocal.de/20190412/police-probe-suspected-attack-on-high-speed-ice-train Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:16:41 +0200 police-probe-suspected-attack-on-high-speed-ice-train German and Austrian authorities have arrested an Iraqi man suspected of committing "terrorist attacks" by sabotaging railway lines in Germany last year, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190327/terror-suspect-arrested-in-austria-over-2018-germany-train-sabotage Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:56:03 +0100 terror-suspect-arrested-in-austria-over-2018-germany-train-sabotage Activists belonging to the Identitarian Movement attacked a taz employee Monday morning in front the liberal leaning daily newspaper’s Berlin headquarters, according to taz. https://www.thelocal.de/20190114/german-newspaper-employee-attacked-monday-by-far-right-group Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:06:39 +0100 german-newspaper-employee-attacked-monday-by-far-right-group The public prosecutor's office in Bremen says video footage of the attack on AfD MP Frank Magnitz shows a different version of events than that told by his party. https://www.thelocal.de/20190109/footage-shows Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:02:07 +0100 footage-shows Chancellor Angela Merkel led condemnations Tuesday of a "politically motivated" gang attack against a far-right German MP, an assault that underlined the increasingly tense political landscape in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20190108/merkel-leads-germany-wide-condemnation-of-attack-on-afd-politician Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:42:49 +0100 merkel-leads-germany-wide-condemnation-of-attack-on-afd-politician A man has been arrested in connection with the horror knife attacks of three women in Nuremberg, Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20181217/man-in-custody-in-connection-with-knife-attacks-on-three-women-in-nuremberg Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:39:32 +0100 man-in-custody-in-connection-with-knife-attacks-on-three-women-in-nuremberg To onlookers it appeared to be a terrifying scene. But luckily, the action at Cologne/Bonn airport was a terrorism drill, involving around 1000 police officers who created the emergency scenario. https://www.thelocal.de/20181121/germany-carries-out-largest-terrorism-drill Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:08:56 +0100 germany-carries-out-largest-terrorism-drill A German man who used a homemade bomb to attack a mosque in the eastern city of Dresden was Friday sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail for what prosecutors called a xenophobic crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180831/germany-jails-man-for-dresden-mosque-bomb-attack Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:33:44 +0200 germany-jails-man-for-dresden-mosque-bomb-attack