The public prosecutor as well as those sentenced have appealed. The next highest court is already the Federal High Court. Heavy storms in southern Germany Munich. Severe thunderstorms early on Wednesday morning have caused some traffic delays in southern Germany. In some areas, hailstorms lead to ice on the roads, causing several rear-end collisions.
Trabant driver guns down four police Berlin.
A Trabi driver shot four police in the Marzahn district of Berlin this afternoon, one of them dying of his injuries a short time later. The officers had been travelling in an unmarked car when they spotted the swerving vehicle. When they had ordered the man to pull over and approached him, he immediately opened fire. The man then could be overwhelmed after he attempted to commit suicide. There is no report yet on a possible motive.