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 A number of tragic deaths linked to a German novel sparked discussion about the effects of depicting suicide in the media. 250 years later, the topic is more relevant than ever. https://www.thelocal.de/20180216/the-werther-effect-the-consequences-of-suicide-stories-in-the-media Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:16:15 +0100 the-werther-effect-the-consequences-of-suicide-stories-in-the-media A 58-year-old man tried to commit suicide on Christmas Eve by ramming his car into the headquarters of Germany's Social Democratic Party in Berlin, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171225/germany-man-rams-car-into-party-hq-in-suicide-attempt Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:45:44 +0100 germany-man-rams-car-into-party-hq-in-suicide-attempt Politicians and lawyers have reacted in anger to the news that a terror suspect was able to kill himself while in police custody on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20161013/terror-suspect-suicide-a-tragedy-say-angry-mps Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:33:00 +0200 terror-suspect-suicide-a-tragedy-say-angry-mps Officials in Bavaria have said that the man who blew himself up in an apparent Islamist attack on Sunday was influenced by an as yet unknown person. https://www.thelocal.de/20160727/ansbach-suicide-bomber-influenced-by-third-person-officials Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:22:21 +0200 ansbach-suicide-bomber-influenced-by-third-person-officials Witnesses were horrified to see the man set himself aflame outside the busy central train station. https://www.thelocal.de/20160712/horror-as-man-lights-self-on-fire-at-frankfurt-train-station Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:09:04 +0200 horror-as-man-lights-self-on-fire-at-frankfurt-train-station Families of the victims of last year's Germanwings crash deliberately caused by a suicidal co-pilot expressed outrage on Monday after his parents placed a heartfelt newspaper announcement in his memory. https://www.thelocal.de/20160404/families-outraged-at-tribute-to-suicidal-germanwings-copilot Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:34:03 +0200 families-outraged-at-tribute-to-suicidal-germanwings-copilot A woman from Düsseldorf who shot her daughter multiple times before ending her own life this week was trying to stop the teen travelling to Australia, it emerged on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150812/mother-shot-own-daughter-over-planned-australia-trip Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:39:40 +0200 mother-shot-own-daughter-over-planned-australia-trip The identity of a man who last weekend jumped off a railway bridge with his children's bodies after stabbing them to death emerged in media reports on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150805/man-stabs-children-then-jumps-to-his-death-with-them Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:12:59 +0200 man-stabs-children-then-jumps-to-his-death-with-them The German Ethics Council said the law should not be changed to permit assisted suicide in a paper published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141219/ethics-council-rejects-assisted-suicide-terminal-illness-dying-law-bill Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:09:00 +0100 ethics-council-rejects-assisted-suicide-terminal-illness-dying-law-bill A father blew himself up in a car following a domestic dispute, police in Homberg, Hesse, said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141117/1-dead-7-injured-in-car-explosion Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:30:00 +0100 1-dead-7-injured-in-car-explosion A father and his young son are in serious condition after police and firefighters were called to their home in northeast Berlin early on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20141023/man-leaps-with-son-5-from-third-floor-window Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:00:00 +0200 man-leaps-with-son-5-from-third-floor-window A study revealed today that more people traveled to Switzerland to undergo assisted dying from Germany than from any other country in 2012. https://www.thelocal.de/20140821/record-number-of-germans-seek-assisted-dying-abroad-switerland-dignitas Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:55:00 +0200 record-number-of-germans-seek-assisted-dying-abroad-switerland-dignitas A former German professional footballer committed suicide on Friday following a long battle with depression. https://www.thelocal.de/20140721/footballer-andreas-biermann-commits-suicide-depression Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:32:00 +0200 footballer-andreas-biermann-commits-suicide-depression A former German Olympic gymnast jumped to his death from a bridge on Monday night after reportedly suffocating his disabled teenage son to death in his bed. https://www.thelocal.de/20140226/former-olympic-athlete-kills-son-then-self Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:00 +0100 former-olympic-athlete-kills-son-then-self The bodies of three women were found in a wood cabin at a beauty spot in western Germany on Wednesday afternoon. They are believed to have met on a social networking site before heading to a lake. https://www.thelocal.de/20140130/three-dead-in-log-cabin-online-suicide-pact-germany Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:27:00 +0100 three-dead-in-log-cabin-online-suicide-pact-germany Suicide is the second most common cause of death among people under 25 in Germany. But why is youth suicide such a problem and what is being done to help? The Local spoke to charities and healthcare professionals to find out. https://www.thelocal.de/20131219/youth-suicide-germany Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:40:00 +0100 youth-suicide-germany Police suspect a deliberately-started fire which killed a family-of-three in their foreclosed home in north-west Germany on Wednesday night was suicide. https://www.thelocal.de/20131018/52463 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:39:00 +0200 52463 Munich police faced a skyline standoff on Monday night when an asylum seeker climbed up a crane and threatened to jump if his family were not granted refuge in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20130806/51243 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:01:00 +0200 51243 Police in Hamburg investigating the death of a man who was found shot in the head in a tied-up sack floating in a river, suspect that rather than having been the victim of a Mafia hit, he killed himself. https://www.thelocal.de/20121122/46323 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:35:00 +0100 46323 A desperate mother of four suffocated three of her children, loaded them into her car and then crashed deliberately on an autobahn in an attempt to kill herself, Bavarian police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121115/46187 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:04:00 +0100 46187