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Yvonne Kussmann wrote that 22-year-old student Marius Dick was stabbed on July 15, 2026, around 10 a.m. in Trier on a pedestrian path by 22-year-old Afghan Sajad M. After the act, Sajad M. was taken to a psychiatric clinic. There is a suspicion that he was incapable of culpability or had diminished culpability due to a mental illness, Kussmann wrote. Sajad M. had already been in a psychiatric clinic before. Despite repeated inquiries, the public prosecutor's office has not yet informed Kussmann whether he was committed at that time due to a danger to others. Marius's parents gave an interview to the Trier Volksfreund. Four weeks after the death of his son, the father suffered a heart attack and had to undergo surgery. He is currently in a rehab clinic and is supposed to come home on the weekend so that his wife and younger son are not alone. Kussmann wrote that Chancellor Merz called the parents shortly after the act because Marius’s mother was politically active in the CDU. The father reportedly urged Merz to immediately deport immigrants who had committed offenses to prevent further acts. This was a promise that Merz had made before the election. The father is now disappointed because, in his view, nothing has happened. He said that such acts could happen to anyone and accused the government of not protecting citizens. He said this would tear the CDU apart and could lead to other parties taking power. Germany is currently at a turning point, he also reportedly said. As of now, Sajad M. has not commented on the act. Kussmann wrote that she is looking forward to the trial with anticipation and fears it could end with an acquittal due to insanity and placement in overcrowded preventive detention. She announced that she would ask the public prosecutor's office again in the following week about the possible conclusion of the investigation and the status of the forensic psychiatric report. The interview can be found in the comments. #Trier #Gewalt #Justiz (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that after several days due to illness, she is back on the road to recovery. As her first news, she read that a 27-year-old Afghan known to the police had allegedly entered the town hall of Tuttlingen with a weapon at noon. The employees had locked themselves in and notified the police. According to Kussmann, the man shot at rescue workers in front of the town hall; they then shot him. Witnesses reported hearing five shots, and attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful. Tuttlingen had actually been a nice little town, Kussmann wrote. Her research on the case of Liana K., who was killed in Friedland, is now almost complete and is expected to be published by the weekend at the latest. #Tuttlingen #Nachrichten #Kriminalität (translated)

BrennpunktUA reported that a well-informed source from the Union informed him that at the CDU Presidium retreat on October 11, there are plans to put Friedrich Merz under pressure also because of his support for Ukraine. Unlike earlier initiatives from East German state associations, there is strong backing from the South and support from the West of Germany this time. According to the source, there is a catalog of several demands that should be implemented in a short time. Otherwise, Merz could lose support, which according to BrennpunktUA could mean the end of his chancellorship. At least two of the demands aim to move away from Merz's previous Ukraine policy. BrennpunktUA warned that Merz's downfall would significantly worsen the situation for people in Ukraine. The chancellor is now under pressure not only from parties on the left and right margins and a faction in the SPD that he labeled as pro-Moscow but possibly also from within the Union starting this weekend. He called on supporters of Ukraine to use the information at their discretion and said it should be kept in mind when making public statements about Merz. #CDU #Ukraine #Politik (translated)

Daniele Ganser wrote that Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is one of the German politicians who aspire to a stable peace with Russia. Wagenknecht called on October 7, 2026, on X for a federal government that seeks dialogue with Moscow and warned of an escalation that could lead to war. She also criticized that Chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to Kiev last weekend with money and promised billions to Ukraine while cuts were being made in Germany in pensions, care, and health. #Frieden #Politik #Deutschland (translated)

Sahra Wagenknecht stated that the proposal should be the first to persuade a German parliament to clearly oppose the federal government's policy towards Ukraine and advocate for peace negotiations as well as compromises to end the war. From Magdeburg, a signal for peace politics should be sent to the federal government. Germany needs a government that seeks dialogue with Moscow again, rather than advancing an escalation that could end in war, she wrote. Wagenknecht accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz of having traveled to Kyiv again last weekend with extensive financial support. He is handing out billion-dollar checks in Ukraine while simultaneously cutting pensions, care, and health services in Germany, she wrote. This policy at the expense of the citizens must come to an end. #Frieden #Ukraine #Politik (translated)

"You must be able to rely on us to provide the necessary resources, regardless of your social background, your place of residence, or your educational path." Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu called on the ministries over the weekend to initiate concrete improvements in the country's schools. #ProtesteFrankreich #Bildung #Schülerbewegung (translated)

Manaf Hassan criticized the closeness of Federal Constitutional Court President Stephan Harbarth to the political leadership. A photo from the weekend in Bremen shows Harbarth at the state ceremony for the Day of German Unity directly next to leading politicians, he wrote. The court president must stand for the separation of powers, but had previously served as a CDU member of the Bundestag, a member of the CDU federal executive, and as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag. Harbarth had switched from the faction leadership to the Federal Constitutional Court in November 2018 and was elected vice president the day after his election as a judge. About a year and a half later, he became president. Hassan described it as unusual that Harbarth reached the head of the court without prior judicial activity in Karlsruhe. Before that, Harbarth had worked as a partner in a law firm that split from Shearman & Sterling in 2008, becoming SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz. Until 2004, Hanno Berger also worked there in Frankfurt on tax law. Berger is considered a central developer of the Cum-Ex transactions, in which banks and investors received refunds for capital gains tax that they had never paid. Experts estimate the damage, according to Hassan, at a double-digit billion amount. Berger later advised, among others, the Hamburg Warburg Bank and has since been legally convicted. Harbarth worked during those years in the Mannheim office of the law firm; what he knew about Berger's activities remains unclear, Hassan wrote. Additionally, Hassan referred to decisions and proceedings at the Federal Constitutional Court: The First Senate under Harbarth's chairmanship had examined and largely approved central Corona measures in 2021. In the Second Senate, there has been a complaint regarding the election review from BSW for almost two years, which wants to achieve a recount of the federal election and entry into the Bundestag. If BSW were to enter Parliament retroactively, the black-red coalition would lose its own majority, according to Hassan. He asked how Harbarth could be at the head of the court while also publicly standing next to the government, whose actions the court should control. #Bremen #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Politik (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus reported that on October 4, several gas stations in the Northeim district had run out of fuel. At the Esso station in Katlenburg, all pumps had been closed, while the Calpam station in Hammenstedt had not displayed any prices. Other stations – TAS in Höckelheim, Aral at Westerlange, and Classic at Harztor – according to Boeminghaus, continued to offer all fuels. Classic explained the high demand, especially in the morning, with the fuel discount that has been in effect since October 1. No new deliveries had arrived over the weekend. Boeminghaus thanked Silke Lutz for the tip and mentioned HNA as the source. https://t.co/4Q2nvFwAvo #Tankstellen #Kraftstoff #Northeim (translated)

After extreme rainfall in Spain, at least three people died over the weekend, including a woman who drowned in a flooded garage and a man who was hit by a collapsing wall, while the situation in Catalonia is described as very complicated. #Unwetter #Spanien #Überschwemmungen (translated)

The author asked whether bread was too expensive and recommended buying cake instead. He also wrote that the political class was developing a parasitic relationship with the people. According to him, anyone who opens a shop in the morning should be able to buy four pieces of cake on the weekend without having to think about it. (translated)

DBerber criticized that Russian trolls were spreading the claim of NATO's eastward expansion under his posts every day. He called it a lie and claimed that Mikhail Gorbachev had clarified that there had been no contractual promises against NATO expansion. The Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Yasov had also admitted that such guarantees had never been discussed, DBerber wrote. He accused the trolls of repeating Putin's propaganda and urged them to present arguments or leave his timeline. He wished his other followers a relaxing weekend and wrote that he would spend the time with friends and his Ukrainian husband. #FaktenStattPropaganda #Wochenende #SchlussMitDenLügen #FaktenStattPropaganda #Wochenende #SchlussMitDenLügen (translated)