Tuesday, August 20, 2024

20 August 2024: Seven German News Stories

 1.  Last week, I told the story of a German Army post (up in NW Germany).....where they had a 'cut' in the fence, and suspected sabotage of the water treatment plant nearby.  Tests were done over the weekend...to prove there was NO poisoned water supply.

So yesterday.....a new piece of the story came out.  They brought in a guy to look at the ground around the cut fence, and he pointed out a couple of things....that most likely the fence was 'pulled-up' to some degree by a wild boar....who entered the Army post.

Yes....the whole alert and all the BS over the poisoned water....was just triggered by a wild boar entering the post.

2.  Some assault (with a knife) started up in a neighborhood in Munich.  Female culprit.

Leaves original location where police were called....ends up eventually in a grocery store, where the cops corner her.  Warnings to no avail.  The police end up shooting her.

Police said she had a record....not indicating what past crimes were.  Just odd....you rarely (if ever) have a knife assault conducted by a female in Germany.

3. Oktoberfest planning in session.  Munich chatter....hotels selling at all-time record on cost.  My own advice?  Use the rail system and get hotel rooms 40 to 60 minutes outside of town.

4.   Chancellor Scholz had a open-air 'talk' with citizens in Bremen.  He mostly wanted to talk over the budget.  Top subject with regular people?  Safety.....no one feels safe anymore.

5.  Police statistics came out yesterday.....highest crime level since 2012.

6. Some Russian Army recovery going on in Kursk.  Interesting German story.....as Russians arrive to 'save' Kursk....they went to robbing local houses.

7.  Discussion going on with the Justice Departments of Germany....if they can use AI to quicken the pace of things.

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