The discovery of slug pellets in a coffee machine in the Murnau am Staffelsee accident clinic (Garmisch-Partenkirchen district) continues to occupy the police. All employees are currently being questioned, said the spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria South, Stefan Sonntag, on Monday. One of those affected complained of nausea after drinking coffee. According to initial findings, around 190 people had drunk the coffee. It was still unclear who filled the toxic substance in the coffee machine and what...
The police are still avoiding the term "urgent" in connection with the word suspected crime. But: For the first time ever, the investigators have one in the case of Alexandra R. from the Katzwang district of Nuremberg, who has been missing for almost two months. R's former partner and a business partner are suspected. "We have suspicions about two people from Alexandra R's environment," confirms Police Chief Inspector Michael Konrad. First had about it Picture and Nuremberg News reported. According...
A truck with more than two dozen tons of chocolate overturned on the B8. The 37-year-old driver lost control of his 40-ton truck on Saturday evening due to a driving error, the police said on Sunday. The trailer truck overturned and remained in a front yard in Scheinfeld (Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district). The 37-year-old was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The B8 was closed for several hours for the rescue. The police estimate the property damage at...
The fire at a farm in the Allgäu caused property damage of around one million euros. The cause of the fire on Sunday morning was initially unclear, the police said. The fire broke out in a warehouse of the company in Boos (Unterallgäu district) and had spread to the stable next to it. With the exception of one calf, all 36 cattle were rescued. According to the police, no one was injured. source site
A large-scale police operation at Ansbach train station on Sunday led to numerous delays and cancellations in regional and long-distance traffic. Because of a bomb threat, both the tracks and the train station in Middle Franconia itself were closed, said a police spokesman. A train coming from Nuremberg was stopped at the train station in Ansbach, cleared and then searched. Around 150 passengers had to get off.On the train in question, a passenger saw a vague threat and called the...
Several people were killed by avalanches in the mountains over the weekend. In the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg alone, seven winter sports enthusiasts and one snowplough driver have died since Friday, and a ski tourer from Bavaria had a fatal accident in South Tyrol. Authorities warned of further avalanches - also in the Bavarian Alps. According to the avalanche warning service, there have been more avalanches in Bavaria in the past few days, especially in the Allgäu and...
After heavy sleet showers, four people were injured in six accidents on Autobahn 96 in Swabia. A nine-year-old girl suffered serious injuries, police said on Saturday. The total damage amounts to almost 100,000 euros. In most cases, the drivers did not adjust their speed to the weather, it said.In the most serious accident between Mindelheim and Bad Wörishofen, a 24-year-old with four girls in the vehicle left the road. The group was going to a sporting event. The car overturned....
An unknown attacked a 94-year-old in Freilassing (Berchtesgadener Land district) on Saturday morning and fled across the border to Austria in his car. According to police, the victim was injured in the attack and required hospital treatment. The perpetrator had violently snatched the car keys from the man just as he was about to lock his parked Mercedes.The police then initiated a large-scale manhunt with several patrols and support from the federal police, but could not catch the suspect. Looking...
A pesticide was discovered on Thursday while cleaning a coffee machine in the kitchen of the Murnau accident clinic (Garmisch-Partenkirchen district). As the police announced on Friday, the substance is metaldehyde, also known as slug pellets. It is commonly used to repel snails in the home and garden and is deadly to the mollusks.According to the police headquarters in Oberbayern Süd, up to 190 people could have consumed the coffee from the affected large machine, but health effects are not...
The substance was discovered during a cleaning in the kitchen. According to the police, there is no danger for patients and employees. source site