Because of the suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography, the police searched an apartment in the district of Altötting and secured a number of pieces of evidence. In addition, prohibited war weapon ammunition was found. The apartment owner is suspected of having made child pornography available for download and disseminated via his Internet connection, as the police and the public prosecutor announced on Tuesday.
Information from a US police agency had led to the investigation of the man, it was said. Because he made threats during the search on April 25, an explosives squad and an officer with an explosives dog first searched the apartment. Small quantities of explosive propellants and materials for explosives production were seized.
In addition, the investigators found banned war weapon ammunition, live belt cartridges, anti-aircraft gun ammunition and around 300 data carriers. According to the suspect, there was a lot of prohibited content among the 45 terabytes of data, it said. According to the police, the suspect also grabbed a hunting knife during the search and wielded the weapon in front of the officers. Only after the application had been threatened with direct coercion did he put the knife away again. The man came to a psychiatric clinic because of the risk of endangering himself and others. He is being investigated, among other things, for possession, third-party acquisition and distribution of child pornography.