Police discovered three corpses in the German Westerwald
The tranquil village of Weitefeld in the Westerwald, about two and a half hours of car from Luxembourg, is in shock: In the early hours of the morning, the police discovered three bodies in a single -family house. Two fatalities are male and one female, as a police spokesman said. There are many indications that the crime took place in the family environment.
The investigators initially searched for the alleged perpetrator on Sunday, including with a helicopter over an adjacent forest. When asked whether one of the male victims is a minor, the spokesman said: « We cannot rule it out. »
One person flees on foot
According to the local mayor of Weitefeld, Karl-Heinz Kessler (independent), a woman, a man and a boy at a young age lived in the Tathaus. In the morning, the streets were cordoned off with red and white flutter tape and several police lane-proof of the police in white protective overalls.
In addition to the house as a crime scene, the early time also spoke for a motif in the family environment, the police spokesman explained. The officers were informed with an emergency call at around 3.45 a.m. on Sunday morning. According to their own statements, the police cannot rule out that a dying victim himself has dropped the call for help. A screaming woman called.
When the officials arrived, a person, probably a man, fled from the crime scene, added the spokesman. According to unconfirmed information, firearms or stab weapons could have been used in the crime.
The police were deployed with a large number of officials in the village of Weitefeld in the Altenkirchen district high in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, including a special operational command (SEK). In contrast to the act of violence, she determined in an apparent idyll: forsythia and fruit trees bloomed in the front gardens near the crime scene on a spring day with bright sunshine.
No concrete danger to the population
There is no concrete danger for the almost 2,300 inhabitants of Weitefeld. Nevertheless, the police asked not to take hitchhikers in the region. The officials blocked Weitefeld, and patrol cars were posted at the entrances. Every car that wanted to drive in or out was checked. There were police officers with protective helmets and machine guns.
A direct resident reported that he saw a helicopter flying over his street shortly after 6 a.m. Another resident said his son had to park his car outside and walk into the village.
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Mayor Kessler was deeply affected by the crime. « That takes you away. You know the people here in town. We could never have imagined such an act, » he told the German Press Agency. The police asked him in the early morning around 5:00 a.m. to open the local school for the SEK. « There has been something going on all the time since then, » said the 68-year-old.
The place is completely sealed off. « The people from the village do not call the police, they call me and want to know what’s going on, » said Kessler. At first the streets were swept empty, the citizens of Weitefeld remained in their houses despite the bright sunshine.
Local residents: « It is hard to believe »
The mayor of the Daaden-Herdorf community, Helmut Stühn (non-party), said: « This is terrible. I can imagine that the terrible act has already led to a great concern and cannot be tangible. »
« It is hard to believe, it is terrible and terrible, » said a 43 -year -old villager who was traveling with his dog in the morning. He also reported a helicopter in the early morning. In the village there is a kind of curfew. The village with two districts is considered the oldest municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, the place name was first mentioned in 848.
