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A glitch in the Ministry of Finance led to the planned silver commemorative coins "Three Wise Men" and "125 Years of the Wuppertal Suspension Railway" being halted due to the rising silver price, causing almost 1.4 million euros in losses for taxpayers. #Silbermünzen #Bundesfinanzministerium #Steuerzahler (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that a 23-year-old Indian man snatched a five-year-old boy from his mother on a platform in Wuppertal in April 2018 and jumped in front of a train with him. The child survived the attack without serious injuries. In October 2018, the man was acquitted due to insanity caused by paranoid schizophrenia and placed in a secure psychiatric facility. Kussmann contrasted the diagnosis with the belief in demons like Asuras or Pishachas in India, from whom people might receive commands, including to kill. She stated that the man had been deported after about eight years in the secure facility; various media reported on this. At the same time, she questioned whether Western therapies were meaningful for a man with a different cultural background. Using figures from North Rhine-Westphalia for 2025, Kussmann calculated that among approximately 4,300 detained individuals, costs of 623 million euros had been incurred. This amounts to about 390 euros per person per day. For eight years in the secure facility, this totals just over 1.1 million euros for the man. Kussmann questioned why the man had not been immediately deported instead of being treated at the taxpayers' expense for so long. She noted that he had entered as an asylum seeker, attempted to kill a child, and had never received a punishment for the act. #Asylpolitik #PsychischeGesundheit #Gesellschaftsdebatte (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that this week a total of 2,270 job cuts have been newly announced in Germany. The state administration of Baden-Württemberg plans to cut 550 jobs by 2031. The automotive supplier WKW in Wuppertal is to cut and close 500 jobs, while the German stainless steel works plan to close their plant in Hagen with 300 jobs. According to Boeminghaus, the Inveho plants in Elrich and Brandenburg an der Havel were also to close with 280 jobs. At the mechanical engineering company Kiefel in Freilassing, 170 jobs are affected, and at Barmag in Remscheid, 160. Ubisoft plans to cut 100 jobs at its locations in Düsseldorf, Mainz, and Berlin. For the Warnow Clinic in Bützow, he mentioned around 100 jobs by the end of 2026. Boeminghaus further stated that the British malt manufacturer Crisp Malt would close its plant in Hamburg-Eidelstedt at the end of March 2027, affecting 43 jobs. The city administration of Frankfurt (Oder) plans to cut 40 jobs by 2031. The hardware store in Wolfenbüttel is to close with 23 jobs, while the Segmüller branch in downtown Stuttgart will close at the end of 2027, affecting five jobs. #Stellenabbau #Deutschland #Wirtschaft (translated)

The suspension of Wuppertal teacher Ali F. was lifted after a disciplinary proceeding was decided in his favor, despite him having previously made headlines due to his proximity to Islamism and his justification of the Hamas massacre on October 7. #Hamas #Islamismus #Lehrerverhältnis (translated)

Resul H. sorgt seit fast zehn Jahren für Aufsehen in Deutschland, nachdem sein Asylantrag abgelehnt wurde und er trotz ausstehender Ausreisepflicht verdächtigt wird, einen Brandanschlag auf die Wuppertaler Synagoge verübt zu haben, während seine wahre Identität und Herkunft weiterhin unklar bleiben. #Asylrecht #Synagoge #Wuppertal

Ein Afghane soll in Wuppertal eine Synagoge in Brand gesetzt haben. Ein Asylantrag des Tatverdächtigen war zuvor mehrfach abgelehnt worden. Trotz Ausreisepflicht blieb er jahrelang in Deutschland. Verhindert wurde die Abschiebung auf Initiative der Diakonie. https://t.co/yjluQNqiJv #Wuppertal #Asylpolitik #Integration

Die Lage am Morgen. Das Pentagon prüft, bis zu 40.000 Soldaten aus Europa abzuziehen, vor allem aus Deutschland, und die Mitteilung über das Telefonat, das der Kanzler am selben Tag mit Trump führte, verliert darüber kein Wort. Am Nachmittag legt ein polizeibekannter Afghane Feuer an der Synagoge in Wuppertal; am Abend erklärt Friedrich Merz den Antisemitismus zur perfidesten Form der Ausländerfeindlichkeit, als wären die Juden in diesem Land die Ausländer. Derweil zahlt das Forschungsministerium knapp drei Millionen Euro für ein »Fake-O-Meter«, das Wähler vor der Wahl vor falschen Informationen bewahren soll. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern steht die CDU bei 6 %; diesen Faktencheck haben die Wähler ohne Fördergeld erledigt. [M.L.] Die komplette Ausgabe jeden Morgen kostenlos: https://t.co/uIYlPYaAPK. Einfach zum Newsletter anmelden. #Politik #Deutschland #Nachrichten

Festgenommen wurde ein 37-jähriger Afghane. Wir verspielen hier gerade eines unserer großen Versprechen nach 1945. Brandanschlag auf Synagoge Wuppertal https://t.co/PsqBar7DZq via @JuedischeOnline #Wuppertal #Synagoge #Afghanistan #AF

Anschlag auf die Synagoge in Wuppertal. @ZDFheute heuchelt aufgesetztes Mitgefühl. Dass der Tatverdächtige ein 37-jähriger Afghane ist, "vergisst" das ZDF zu erwähnen... https://t.co/7rD3uzKnEE #Wuppertal #Antisemitismus #ZDF