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Police investigations are ongoing after two bodies were found
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The bodies of two women were found in a residential building in Elmshorn near Hamburg.
"According to initial assessments, the two women may have been victims of a violent crime," said the police in Bad Segeberg in the evening.
A "suspect" was found near the crime scene and arrested.
A police spokeswoman gave no details about the person in the evening, citing the ongoing investigation.
The two women would also have to be identified.
An emergency doctor could only determine death.
The police did not provide any information on how they died.
The background to the crime was still unclear in the evening.
The police had been in a large-scale operation since the early afternoon.
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