- SEK deployment in Karlstadt (Main-Spessart district)
- With Man armed with knife (22) rioted in apartment building and fled to roof
- Police Lower Franconia reports Arrest
- Reports about possible Hostage situation neither confirmed nor denied
- Update on the perpetrator – motive still unclear
Police, firefighters and ambulance service are in the night to Tuesday (8 February 2022) because of a Threat situation to Karlstadt in Lower Franconia (Main-Spessart district). Until the morning hours lasted the Large-scale operation a special task force (SEK) of the police was also involved. In response to an inquiry from inFranken.de Björn Schmitt, press spokesman for the Lower Franconia police headquarters, reports that a suspicious man has now been arrested. According to reports, there is a Hostage situation have given. However, the spokesman would neither confirm nor deny this. It is still the subject of the investigations whether a hostage-taking had taken place. The rioter from Karlstadt must now appear before an investigating judge.
Update from February 09, 2022: Karlstadt rioter must appear before investigating judge – motive still unclear
One day after the arrest of a man rioting in Karlstadt, the suspect is to be brought before an investigating judge on Wednesday (February 9, 2022). This will decide whether the 22-year-old will be remanded in custody or placed in a district hospital, said a police spokesman.