Police in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate are searching for a suspect in the killing of three people in the Westerwald region.
According to a police spokesperson, the manhunt has not been successful so far.
The victims are two men and one woman, whose bodies were found at a house in the town of Weitefeld, located some 30 kilometers (almost 19 miles) from the city of Siegen.
The spokesperson said the assumption is that the background to the case is “family based,” with town mayor Karl-Heinz Keßler saying both the victims and the alleged perpetrator are long-time residents of Weitefeld.
Did one of the victims contact police?
According to police, an emergency call was made at 03:45 in the early morning from a woman who reported a violent incident, with police not ruling out one of the victims being the caller herself. Police also told German public broadcaster SWR that there are clues which suggest a firearm and a stabbing weapon were used.
The search is currently focused on a person that was seen leaving the scene as soon as police arrived.
The some 2,000 residents of Weitefeld, as well as other villages in the region, are encouraged by police to stay at home and keep windows shut as a precautionary measure, and to refrain from picking up random hitchhikers.
Still, police said there is no “concrete danger” to the residents.
Edited by: Wesley Dockery
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