Elbbrücke Bad Schandau closed: cracks and rust water discovered!

Elbbrücke Bad Schandau closed: cracks and rust water discovered!

The Elbbrücke in Bad Schandau is completely closed to traffic! In a special test, alarming cracks were discovered in the substructure, and rust water occurs from the building. The district administrator of the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Mountains announced that the bridge remains closed until the load-bearing capacity was detected-and this could take until the end of the year! This bridge is one of the most important transport connections in the Region and has a similar construction as the partially collapsed Carol bridge in Dresden.

political turbulence in Saxony

In Saxony it is bubbling politically! The exploratory talks for a new government coalition have failed. CDU and SPD speak of a surprising demolition by the BSW. Prime Minister Kretschmer blames Sarah Wagenknecht for this. But BSW state chief Zimmermann vehemently contradicts and names the lack of agreement on topics such as peace formula and migration policy as the main cause. Now the CDU and SPD have to search for alternatives to form a minority government while working with the AfD is excluded.

And that's not all! The Saxon AfD plans to exclude three alleged members of the so -called "Saxon separatists" from the party. Country chief Jörg Urban explains that violence is not tolerated in the political argument. The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating these people for their alleged membership in a right -wing terrorist group that is said to have completed paramilitary training.

shocking crimes shake Saxony

Another shocking incident: After killing a nine-year-old girl in Döbeln, the public prosecutor has charged charges for murder against a 37-year-old Moldova. He is said to have suffocated the child on the way to school in a forest to take revenge on the mother. The start of the process is still pending.

and a 26-year-old Chechen has to permanently in psychiatry after a fatal knife attack on a driver. During a car ride, he brutally stabbed the driver, who then lost control of the vehicle and fell into a river. The driver succumbed to his serious injuries while his family survived.