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Beating victim's mum: I didn't get justice
Crime

Beating victim's mum: I didn't get justice

The mother of a British man beaten to death outside a Frankfurt nightclub says she is now trying to put the pieces of her life back together after taking more than 90 flights between the UK and Germany to attend the trial of his killers.
Raids in three states crack sex-trafficking ring
Crime

Raids in three states crack sex-trafficking ring

Over 150 police officers in western Germany took part in raids across three states on Tuesday, cracking what they believe to have been a human trafficking ring. They freed at least two teenage girls thought to be living in “enslavement.”
Snow, sleet and fog signal start of winter
Weather

Snow, sleet and fog signal start of winter

Germans should wave goodbye to the last rays of autumnal sunshine this week and accept the whole country sliding into early winter. National weather service the DWD forecasts snow, sleet and dark, drizzly days for the next week.
Train station thieves take entire cash machine
Crime

Train station thieves take entire cash machine

Thieves made off with an entire cash machine from a Berlin suburban train station after ramming it with a stolen car and loading it into another vehicle. It was the eighth time this had happened in the capital this year.
'Slow suicide' of murder suspect prevents trial
Crime

'Slow suicide' of murder suspect prevents trial

A man charged with shooting dead a prosecutor in a German courtroom is refusing treatment for diabetic septicaemia in what his lawyer describes as “slow suicide” - preventing his trial, it was reported on Monday.
Car thieves steal van full of bodies
Crime

Car thieves steal van full of bodies

Car thieves who stole a number of vans from a Berlin car park will get a shock when they finally open them up – one was stacked with 12 coffins complete with bodies, which were due to be driven to a crematorium.
Police offer €15,000 for deadly attack tips
Crime

Police offer €15,000 for deadly attack tips

Police hunting the gang who beat a young man to death in Berlin at the weekend are offering a reward of €15,000 for information leading to arrests. Details also emerged suggesting he was killed while trying to help a friend under attack.
Minister 'puts brakes' on German energy switch
Politics

Minister 'puts brakes' on German energy switch

German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier came under fire Friday for controversial plans to put limits on Germany’s rapid extension of renewable energy sources - a key part of the country’s strategy to phase out nuclear energy by 2020.
Boy, 14, sells mother's jewels for brothel visit
Crime

Boy, 14, sells mother's jewels for brothel visit

Two 14-year-old German boys have been charged with stealing €3,000 worth of jewellery from one of their mothers, to pay for a visit to a brothel. Police said the boys were still grinning as they were being questioned.
Businessman flees after kidnapping
Crime

Businessman flees after kidnapping

A Berlin executive escaped from the clutches of his kidnapper at the weekend, two days after he was abducted in front of his wife and son, police said on Monday. Investigators are looking for the kidnapper, who they think acted alone.
Probe launched into filmed police attack
Crime

Probe launched into filmed police attack

Authorities are investigating violent tactics used by Berlin police to subdue a man on Saturday. After shooting him in the leg, officers used pepper spray, kicked him in the head, and set a dog on him. The incident was caught on film.