In Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), a 37-year-old allegedly murdered three family members on Thursday (see video above). According to Koblenz police, he called his partner shortly after the crime and confessed to her about the murder. This alerted the emergency services.
“The investigation into the exact course of the terrible event, the possible motive and the exact background of the crime is continuing at full speed. At this time, the emphasis is on securing traces and evidence at the crime scene by officers of the Koblenz Criminal Police Department in order to be able to reconstruct the course of the crime as accurately as possible,” the Koblenz police said late in a broadcast. Thursday afternoon. There are currently no indications that other people were involved in the crime.
Here you see a tweet from the Koblenz police.
Several coffins were removed
Several coffins were removed from the crime scene on Thursday evening. As reported, a 37-year-old is suspected of killing his father (68) and his wife (39) and their son (3) on Thursday morning. There would have been an argument beforehand. According to the police, the man called his partner after the crime, who in turn contacted the emergency services.
Seriously injured in hospital
When police arrived, the armed suspect initially barricaded himself. The entire residential area was then extensively closed off to prevent danger to third parties. The officers also negotiated with the man for hours. But in vain: the alleged perpetrator apparently wanted to commit suicide and shot himself in the head. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries and doctors found him brain dead on Thursday.
The three victims were also shot. “The perpetrator and the victim lived in the same building,” the prosecutor said. The Koblenz Public Prosecutor’s Office is now investigating the 37-year-old German on suspicion of manslaughter in three cases.
Source: Krone
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