Report by Justice Minister Limbach shows high numbers of hand discoveries in North Rhine-Westphalia prisons
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Report from Justice Minister Benjamin Limbach to the Legal Affairs Committee of the State Parliament.
6,839 mobile phones have already been found in North Rhine-Westphalia prisons since 2022. This emerges from a current report from Justice Minister Benjamin Limbach (Greens) to the state parliament's legal committee. This year alone, 1,011 cell phones have been discovered on prisoners.
A list from the Ministry of Justice shows that many cell phones appear, especially in open prisons: in the Bielefeld-Senne JVA alone there have been 1,141 since 2022. In the closed prison in Bielefeld there were 63 cell phones during the same period. In the Bochum prison, 389 cell phones were found.
Cell phones and drugs also play a role in the current investigations into alleged cases of corruption in several prisons.
In Saxony, nine more explosive devices were discovered on high-voltage lines near Görlitz. The police are still searching for a 48-year-old suspect who is already held responsible for similar attacks on substations in Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Nine more explosive devices were found on high-voltage lines near Schleife, bringing the total number in Saxony to 21. The authorities are searching nationwide for a 48-year-old suspect who is said to have committed acts of sabotage against the power grid.
The police have found nine more explosive devices on high-voltage lines near Görlitz in Saxony. The devices were intended to provoke short circuits in substations. After the attacks in Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, the search for the perpetrator is underway.
In Berlin-Neukölln, a man was shot dead on the street at night. Despite immediate attempts at resuscitation, the victim died on site. The police are looking for the fugitive perpetrators while the homicide squad has started the investigation.
An 18-year-old was killed and a 26-year-old was seriously injured in a knife attack in Giessen. A 19-year-old suspect was arrested and is in custody.
In Berlin-Tiergarten, a substation was slightly damaged by a fire. The criminal police are investigating arson or a technical defect. Power supplies are stable while authorities investigate recent attacks in other states.