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Police officers in front of the high-rise where the children lived: Suspect on the run
Photo: Boris Roessler / dpa
Before the violent death of the children in Hanau last Wednesday, the youth welfare office had evidence of family problems.
The family moved to Hanau at the turn of the year 2021/22, the city announced on request.
"In mid-January, the youth welfare office in Hanau became aware that there were family problems."
After the youth welfare office had this information, the employees immediately approached the family and made offers.
The city announced that the support was in particular for dealing with authorities and in everyday family life.
The family accepted the offer.
Family relationship deteriorated
The Municipal Social Service (KSD) was also in contact with all family members, according to the city: "There were no signs of violence in these contacts." got worse".
The KSD had therefore decided to seek dialogue again and to intervene.
According to SPIEGEL TV information, there has been domestic violence between the children's father and mother in the past.
They are said to have split up because of this.
On Thursday, the mayor of Hanau, Claus Kaminsky, and mayor Axel Weiss-Thiel (both SPD) dealt intensively with the case, the city announced.
murder investigations
The two siblings died on Wednesday morning, the police and public prosecutors are investigating suspected murder and, according to SPIEGEL TV information, are looking for Jit S., the suspected father of the children.
Video recordings are said to show how a person who looks similar to S. runs away from the crime scene and gets into a taxi.
The boy was found seriously injured in front of the skyscraper in the city center on Wednesday morning and died a short time later in a hospital.
Officers found his sister, lifeless, on the balcony of the ninth-floor apartment of the house where the children had lived.
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