Cologne

Robber uses 11-year-old son as lookout in Cologne bank heist

In Cologne in the early hours of Sunday morning a man was caught robbing a bank while his wife and 11 year old son stood watch.

children

Father who threw children out window gets 15 years prison

A court in Bonn sentenced a Syrian father to 15 years prison after he threw his three children out of a first-floor window, reportedly because he disliked his wife's desire to enjoy the same freedoms as German women.

rights

Law to force mums to give up identity of child's real father

Germany has drafted a law requiring mothers to inform their partners if their children were fathered by another man, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday.

illness

New father's tragic herpes warning touches 1000s online

Tens of thousands of people in Germany have shared a Facebook post in which a new father explains how dangerous the herpes virus can be to babies – as illustrated by the tragic case of his own son.

death

Dad who leapt from bridge with kids named

The identity of a man who last weekend jumped off a railway bridge with his children's bodies after stabbing them to death emerged in media reports on Wednesday.