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Police and forensic experts are in Weitefeld in the Westerwald. Officers discovered three dead bodies in a house there in the early hours of the morning. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa
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The victims of the violent crime in Weitefeld in the Westerwald are a family of three. The victims include a 47-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 16-year-old teenager, the police announced. Officers discovered three dead bodies in a house in the early hours of Sunday morning. The background to the crime in the Altenkirchen district high in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate was still unclear in the evening.
Investigators were searching for the perpetrator, including with a helicopter over a neighboring forest. The search will continue until the person is caught, even during the night, a police spokeswoman said late Sunday afternoon. Officers remained present in the area.
The police had been informed by an emergency call at around 3.45 a.m. on Sunday morning. When the officers arrived, a person, probably a man, had fled the scene on foot, a police spokesman said. According to unconfirmed evidence, firearms or stabbing weapons may have been used in the crime.
06.04.2025, 19:27
