On March 11, a 15-year-old boy was fatally injured outside a supermarket in Eckernförde. Police arrested a 23-year-old man in Bremen on Monday, who is now in custody. Investigations continue.
On Wednesday, March 11, an altercation occurred outside a supermarket in Eckernförde's city center, where a 15-year-old boy was fatally injured. Emergency services found him about three kilometers away in Schiefkoppel street and attempted resuscitation, but he died en route to the hospital. Blood traces were discovered on the supermarket parking lot in the Sauersgang area, declared a control zone in 2022 due to youth-related crimes such as assault or robbery. The homicide squad interviewed witnesses and followed leads. Since Friday, March 13, police searched for a white VW Golf sighted on the evening of the incident between 20:00 and 21:30 between Eckernförde and the A7 motorway. The vehicle helped identify the 23-year-old suspect, who was at the scene with a passenger. Investigators assume he acted alone; the passenger's role is under review. On Sunday evening, March 15, officers with sniffer dogs searched woods near Noor school, without disclosing details. The autopsy at Kiel's forensic medicine on Thursday evening yielded no public information on cause of death or weapon. The Kiel public prosecutor's office offered a 5000 euro reward for tips, via portal sh.hinweisportal.de and phone 0431/1603333. Authorities state there is no danger to the public, as it was a targeted incident. The suspect is in custody on urgent manslaughter suspicion.
