Alleged Nuremberg shooter was heavily armed when arrested

After the deadly shots were fired in front of a Nuremberg restaurant last October, the suspect was arrested in Rimini, Italy. The emergency services arrested the man on Thursday in a hotel in Rimini, according to the police in the Adriatic city. A special task force had monitored and accessed the suspect until Wednesday, when his identity was certain. He had checked into the hotel near the port of Rimini under a false name.

A pistol with a double magazine and 14 cartridges was found on the man, which investigators classified as "war ammunition". The police also seized forged documents and some smartphones. The man was arrested on the European Arrest Warrant, possession of an illegal weapon, war ammunition and possession of forged documents.

A spokeswoman for the Nuremberg police confirmed a report by the "Bild" newspaper about the arrest on Saturday evening, without giving any further details. On Monday morning (10.30 a.m.) the police and the public prosecutor want to inform about the case together in a press conference in the Nuremberg police headquarters.

The 28-year-old is said to have shot two other men in front of a restaurant in the south of Nuremberg in October. They were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, and the 30-year-old died. The suspect has since been on the run. The police were looking for an arrest warrant for the Turkish national, who was known to them by name.

The police set up a special commission (Soko) in early November to find the shooter. In mid-January, she turned to the population again with a manhunt. Investigators also released a new photo of the suspected gunman and offered a $10,000 reward. In addition, the ZDF program "Aktenzeichen XY... unsolved" reported on the case. "A few clues have been received. Two clues are now being followed up," said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office about ten days ago.