A 34-year-old man was arrested in Düsseldorf after police say his vehicle was used to attack officers during a fled police check that prosecutors classify as attempted homicide. The incident began in the Altstadt area in the early hours of Sunday, 15 November. Witnesses reported a physical assault on a woman on Grabbeplatz, after which those involved got into a car. Not long after, a patrol spotted the driver on Heinrich-Heine-Allee driving against the permitted direction of travel. The man stopped as soon as he saw police, then reversed into the intersection of Heinrich-Heine-Allee and Grabbeplatz. When officers tried to stop and check him, he allegedly manoeuvred without reacting and lightly injured a police officer. Police say the driver then continued, touched another patrol vehicle in the Maximilian-Weyhe-Allee area, sped with excessive speed again while driving the wrong way, and turned left onto Ratinger Straße. In that stretch, he allegedly accelerated and drove directly toward an officer. The officer was able to jump to the side in time and was not hit. The suspect then fled on foot along the Rhine embankment. Officers caught him shortly afterwards near Schlosssturm, where he was taken into custody. Police took two blood samples at the station because prosecutors suspected he was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Prosecutors plan to present the suspect to an investigating judge. The case is being investigated as attempted homicide by the Düsseldorf public prosecutor and a homicide unit.