Eislingen, Germany - More than 20 weapons were stolen from the shooting club of 18-year-old who was arrested in connection with the murder of four members of his family, police said Monday. Long and short range weapons with large and small calibres were stolen from the marksman's club last October, police said. The corresponding ammunition was also missing.
The youth and his friend, aged 19, are being treated as prime suspects in Friday's shootings, in which the father, mother and two sisters of the teenager were found dead with gunshot wounds in the family apartment.
There were no traces of break-in or ransacking in the flat.
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal remained comfortably top of an unchanged men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP. Spain's Nadal leads with 14,470 points, far ahead of former number one Roger Federer of Switzerland (11,020), Serbia's Novak Djokovic (9,010) and Scotland's Andy Murray.
Berlin - The fate of five Germans held by pirates off the coast of Somalia remained unclear Monday, hours after the captain of a US-operated cargo ship was freed from Somali hostage takers in a dramatic US Navy rescue operation. Germany's Foreign Ministry was intensively trying to resolve the hijacking of the Hansa Stavanger freight ship, a spokeswoman said on Monday. She could not give further details of negotiations taking place.
Hamburg - Parents should be careful about what they plant in their garden as flowers such as brugmansia, golden chain and nightshade can all lead to serious poisoning among children, reports a German safety organization. Even the small blue berries from ivy are dangerous. Indeed, flowers and berries are especially dangerous for two and three-year- olds, since they are so prone to putting such items into their mouth.
Hamburg, Germany - Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere - and with it, a time of suffering for those who are susceptible to hay fever. About 10 million people in Germany are allergic to pollen, said the Association of German Allergists in Hamburg, northern Germany,.
Berlin - A 32-year old woman who was attacked by a polar bear after she had jumped into the polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo was in intensive care Sunday, where she was being treated for bites and cuts to her arm, back and legs. The woman had climbed over an embankment then jumped into the water of the polar bears' enclosure during feeding time on Friday.
