Author: Kirsten Grieshaber
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Apes, monkeys among 30 animals killed in German zoo fire
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BERLIN • A fire raced through a zoo in western Germany in the first few minutes of the new year, killing more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities said. Police said paper sky lanterns launched nearby to celebrate the arrival of 2020 were probably to blame. Several witnesses saw cylindrical paper…
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Germany seeks motive after van crashes into crowd, killing 2
MUENSTER, Germany — A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring 20 others before the driver of the vehicle shot and killed himself inside it, police said. A top German security official said there was no indication of an Islamic extremist…
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8 mountain climbers die in 3 different accidents in Alps
Rescue workers stand next to a police helicopter in Krimml in the Austrian province of Salzburg, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The Austrian Red Cross said five mountain climbers died Sunday in the Austrian Alps in Wildgerlostal on Mount Gabler, east of Innsbruck, and a sixth climber was severely injured, the Austrian news agency APA reported.…
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German runaway girl who converted to Islam is found in Iraq
BERLIN — A German girl who ran away from home shortly after converting to Islam has been found as Iraqi forces liberated the northern city of Mosul from Islamic States forces, German and Iraqi officials said Saturday as authorities tried to figure out what to do with her. The 16-year-old teenager, only identified as Linda…
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Bus carrying seniors crashes on German highway, killing 18
BERLIN — A bus carrying German seniors on holiday slammed into the back of a truck that had slowed for a traffic jam and burst into flame Monday, killing 18 people on a major highway in Bavaria, authorities said. More than two dozen people who were hurt escaped the bus before it became fully engulfed…
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Germany detains teen allegedly planning Berlin attack
BERLIN — German state police were questioning a 17-year-old asylum-seeker Tuesday after a tactical unit took him into custody outside Berlin on suspicion that he was planning a suicide attack in the capital. Police in the state of Brandenburg said the teenager was detained Tuesday in the village of Gerswalde, 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast…
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Truck rams into German Christmas market, killing 12 people
BERLIN — Police said Tuesday that the driver who rammed a truck into a crowded Christmas market in the heart of the German capital, killing at least 12 people and injuring nearly 50, did so intentionally and that they are investigating a suspected “terror attack.” The truck struck the popular Christmas market outside the Kaiser…
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EU’s founding members say talks on UK exit needed urgently
BERLIN — Foreign ministers of the European Union’s founding members on Saturday urged quick negotiations about Britain’s departure from the bloc, saying the other 27 countries in the union need to move ahead and think about the future. “There is a certain urgency … so that we don’t have a period of uncertainty, with financial…
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Pre-dawn operation removes part of Berlin Wall
BERLIN — Work crews backed by about 250 police removed parts of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery before dawn Wednesday to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be preserved. Residents of the area expressed shock at the move, which followed several protests including…