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Ein Brand brach in einer Wohnung im niederbayrischen Ergolding aus. Der Dachstuhl des Hauses sowie eine Wohnung standen in Vollbrand.
Beim Brand seiner Wohnung im niederbayrischen Ergolding (Landkreis Landshut) ist ein Mann gestorben. Feuerwehrkräfte hatten den 58-Jährigen in der Nacht aus den Flammen geholt, wie eine Polizeisprecherin sagte. Der Mann starb noch vor Ort.
Der Dachstuhl des Hauses sowie eine Wohnung standen in Vollbrand. Die Löscharbeiten dauerten bis in die Nacht hinein an. Am Morgen war die Feuerwehr weiterhin im Einsatz, um den Brandort wegen Glutnestern zu überwachen. Angaben zur Schadenshöhe und der Ursache des Feuers lagen laut der Polizeisprecherin zunächst nicht vor.
A 14-year-old girl and three young men aged 16 to 19 died in a traffic accident in Brandenburg. According to police, the 61-year-old driver wanted to overtake cars in front of him and collided with mopeds in oncoming traffic. The car overturned and burned out. The driver was seriously injured and flown to Berlin by rescue helicopter.
A week after the failed execution attempt on Christa Pike in Tennessee, Texas carried out a death sentence with pentobarbital. The 46-year-old man was executed for a 2000 robbery, while Pike is being treated in hospital after her botched execution.
Police operations against organized arms and drug trafficking in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate have been underway since early this morning; special units, the Cologne police headquarters and the Federal Criminal Police Office are involved. The searches began at 6:00 a.m. No further information was given about the locations. A press conference has been announced for Friday at 11 a.m. at the Cologne police headquarters.
In the US state of Texas, 46-year-old Jamaal Howard was executed for murder. It is the first execution in the United States since the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. Howard shot a woman and stole $114 during a robbery in 2000. His lawyers tried unsuccessfully to stop the execution. Texas has already executed seven people this year and has two more executions scheduled for November.
In the murders of Marion Baier (1973) and Sonja Hurler (1981), DNA traces were found on a light green and white checked blouse that could be assigned to both victims. The investigations in Fürth and Kempten are starting again, with a yellow Porsche being pursued as an important lead. Around 830 clues are being processed in Fürth, with the hope of finding new clues from the population.
The first woman to head the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office, Margarete Koppers, is stepping down at the end of November after more than eight years in office. In an interview with the dpa, she warns of the rise of extremism, growing gun crime and the isolation of the socially disadvantaged. She calls for more practical relevance in legislation, the abolition of the right to issue instructions and preventive approaches to combat poverty-related crime.