- Ammunition and explosives were found in the soldier’s car and police are searching an army Barracks for clues as to what happened
A soldier is said to have murdered four people at their home in Germany with one being a child last night.
The victims are said to be his ex-girlfriend, her child, her new boyfriend and her boyfriend’s mother.
The incident happened at 3:30 in the morning
Several police forces were called to the property in the district of Rotenburg after reports of a shooting and a helicopter was put to use searching for the shooter from above.
The armored officers cordoned off the building and stormed it with machine guns.
The armored officers cordoned off the building and stormed it with machine guns
German newspaper Bild reports that police say inside the house there were ‘several victims’.
Police spokesman Heiner van der Werp told Bild that the incident was a ‘family story’.
The police presence continued throughout the night and into the morning with officers at Rotenburg train station and houses being surrounded.
Then, at dawn, police say the suspect handed himself in.
The perpetrator is said to have been a Bundeswehr soldier and has since been arrested.
Ammunition and explosives were found in the soldiers car, leading the police to begin a search of the von Düring barracks in Rotenburg.
Shots were also fired in the Lower Saxony community of Bothel today, allegedly by an active Bundeswehr soldier.
There was a heavy police presence at both scenes, the family home in Scheeßel and the other scene in Bothel..
‘A motive in the family environment cannot be ruled out,’ said the police press release.
