Solingen drama: five children probably poisoned by their mother - one boy (11) survived

In Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia, five children were found dead in a private apartment.

As the police stated, the mother of the children is considered a suspect.

• In

  Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia)

  , five

  children were

  found dead in a private apartment

  on Thursday

  *.

• As the

  Wuppertal police

  announced, the

  mother of

  the children is

  suspected

  .

  Dark details from the family history have now become known.

  (see update from September 4, 11:26 a.m.)

• The 27-year-old is currently in

  hospital

  after a failed suicide attempt

  .

  She is under

  police protection

  .

Update from September 6th, 9.28am

: The city of Solingen is deeply saddened.

The Lord Mayor Tim-O.

Kurzbach wrote an emotional letter to his citizens.

“The news of the family tragedy on the Hasseldelle, which cost the lives of five children between the ages of one and eight, leaves me speechless. Like so many people in my hometown, it hits me right in the heart - as a person, as a family man and as mayor .

Something has happened among us that is incomprehensible, ”writes the Lord Mayor.

After the news, he felt an infinite amount of sadness and sympathy from all sides.

"We have to deal with the shock and come to terms with the tragedy," said Kurzbach.

It is too big to just go back to business.

It is now time to mourn and pause.

In the letter Kurzbach also points out that the local election campaign will be suspended in the coming days and that other events will also be canceled.

On Saturday evening hundreds of people gathered in front of the house in Solingen to commemorate the five dead children and to say goodbye to them.

They answered a call from the Hasseldelle district.

Solingen: Donation account set up

Update from September 5, 5:15 p.m.:

After the violent death of five children in

, the only surviving eldest son in the

- an eleven-year-old boy -

needs

rest, according to a victim advocate.

"In such a situation, people need time - and this time must be given to the boy and his grandmother," said the victim protection officer of the state of

North

, Elisabeth Auchter-Mainz, on

the German press agency.

She spoke to the responsible authorities and got the impression that the eleven-year-old and grandmother in

would be well looked after

with the support of

pastors, said the victim protection officer.

Many questions are open for the future - such as where and with whom the boy should live and go to school in the future.

"But that I'm too early to say now, it has to go one way or the other."

Meanwhile, the city wants to

set up

a

on Monday

, which will, among other things, pay for the funeral of the five killed children.

A city spokesman said on Saturday that numerous offers from people willing to donate had already been received via social media.

Solingen: five children killed by their own mother?

Neighbors are in shock

Update from September 5th, 11.43 am:

The rumor mill about the violent

simmering and while the residents * gather in front of the house locked by the police, some of them ask for more

"Since the evening after the fact, our

questioned and

.

We urge you to be sensitive to those affected.

We mourn five young people who lost their lives.

We mourn with our neighbors.

“Appeals a neighborhood representative in an interview with the

.

The

case is also causing a stir on

.

Here,

about the 27-year-old suspect

pile up

.

Five children lose their lives.

While people mourn for these children, bewilderment and dismay are paired, some beings have nothing more to ask than the nationality of the mother.

When exactly did you give up your humanity.

Repulsive.

#Solingen

- Derya Türk-Nachbaur (@derya_tn) September 3, 2020

The

,

who was under

,

lived

with four children and two children from previous relationships.

The investigators suspected on Friday that the

committed

the act in a state of

after the separation

.

There is also the

that possible warning signs may have been overlooked in the course of the coronavirus lockdown *.

Update from September 5, 9:13 a.m.:

The

son of the suspects from

the news of the death of his siblings via

.

In the

interview, a school friend tells of

the boy's

:

"I just wanted to tell you that you won't see me anymore because all of my

are dead. PS: I would be happy if you would call me."

The

against the boy's mother continues.

She

is said to have killed the five siblings

at the

while the oldest was at school.

According to investigators, the 27-year-old finally picked the boy up from school and put him on a train to

his

.

Here he learned of the

.

In coordination with the youth welfare office, the eleven-year-old is currently with his grandmother.

Stephan Hiller from BVkE says that he needs to be given very intensive psychological care: "I wish the child had the best support."

Update from September 5, 8.31 a.m

.: After the violent death of five children in

, the family's neighbors want to

say goodbye

this Saturday with a string of lights and a

.

All residents are asked to step outside the door at 6.50 p.m. and form a chain of lights.

The mother of the five children is suspected of killing the children.

A judge has issued an arrest warrant against her on

.

Solingen: The family of the five killed children was known to the youth welfare office

Update from September 4, 8 p.m.:

After

further details on the terrible act of Solingen on Friday in a press conference, there is now more information.

According to the investigators, there were no

that the

at

before the act

.

"We have no evidence of any abnormalities in the family," said Heribert Kaune-Gebhardt from the

on Friday.

The city had previously announced that the family of the five children killed was known to the city

before the crime.

“The family received the necessary support from the city of Solingen.

The youth welfare office has also

submitted

possible

, ”explained the city.

"At no point in time were there any findings on abnormalities or a potential risk to the children."

Meanwhile, the family's neighbors want to

mourn the five dead children with a string of lights and a minute's silence

on

.

As reported by the dpa, the

"Wir in der Hasseldelle" on Friday to step outside the door at 6:50 pm and form a chain of lights. All residents are invited to this act of remembrance. "The death of five children hits our neighbors, us and the Hasseldelle in the heart ", it said in the call to the fairy lights." We are in shock. "

Five dead children in the apartment: "Send the police, the children are dead" - investigators express terrible suspicions

Update from September 4, 5 p.m .:

Heribert Kaune-Gebhardt, from the

, explains that evidence of suffocation and previous sedation had been found in all five children.

So far, however, there is only evidence that the ultimate

has not yet been clarified.

This does not rule out the possibility that the children may have been poisoned.

The

the children is now being investigated for fivefold murder.

The woman is currently not available for questioning.

"A

decision

on the

can only be made when the adhesion is established

," explains Kaune-Gebhardt.

Solingen: Children found dead in the apartment - the police give the first details

Update from September 4, 4:55 p.m.:

Marcel Maierhofer, head of the homicide squad, confirms that

no evidence of a

murder

found

at the

.

In the kitchen, when the

arrived

, the remains of breakfast were discovered on the table.

Whether poison or other substances might have been mixed into the children's food at this breakfast cannot yet be said.

Maierhofer confirms that the mother of the dead children set out with the eleven-year-old boy.

Accordingly, the woman should have informed her mother, the grandmother of the children, about the act on the way to the train station.

"Send the police into the apartment, the children are dead," said her mother's wife on WhatsApp. She should also have confessed to her mother that she was not doing well because of her partner's separation. According to Maierhofer, the couple should have confessed Have lived in separation for a year and in the middle of the year there is said to have been a

dispute, in which the

said to have been informed.

While the children's grandmother

had alerted

the

services, the woman tried to take her own life.

It must be assumed that the woman committed the act in a psychologically unstable state.

The head of the

explains at the

that it cannot yet be ruled out that the eldest son survived only by chance.

Update from September 4th,

4:50 pm

Robert Gereci, the

, confirmed at the

that three girls and two boys were found dead in the act on Thursday.

The mother of the children is the only suspect.

They have a total of six children, only the oldest son survived.

Four of the dead children come from one marriage, the fifth child killed comes from another relationship.

The woman's eldest son also comes from another

.

None of the three fathers are suspected.

Gereci confirmed at the press conference that the grandmother of the dead children had raised the alarm at the police station.

Her daughter informed her shortly beforehand about her act.

While the emergency services had pried open the door of the apartment, the police were informed that the surviving child, the 11-year-old boy, had told friends in a group chat that his siblings were dead.

Shortly afterwards, the child was found with his grandmother.

Gereci confirms that around 80 emergency services were involved in the operation on Thursday.

Around 40 emergency services were still involved on Friday.

“Five children from Solingen perished in a tragically terrible way,” explains the head of operations.

In addition, colleagues were also dependent on support after the deployment.

Update from September 4, 4:47 p.m.: The

police and public prosecutor's office are now

information in a press conference.

Solingen: children found dead in apartment - family was in contact with youth welfare office

Update from September 4, 4.40 p.m.:

The family of the five killed

was already known to the city youth welfare office before the act.

“The

the necessary support from the city of Solingen

.

The

has also submitted possible offers of help, ”announced the city on Friday, without giving any details.

“At no point in time was there any evidence of abnormalities or a potential risk to the children.” The city administration wrote that further information could not be provided with regard to the personal rights of the family members concerned.

Update from September 4, 4:20 p.m.:

The press conference with the police and the public prosecutor will begin in a few minutes.

Solingen: children found dead in apartment - horror in politics

Update from September 4, 4 p.m.:

The police and the public prosecutor will inform in a press conference from 4:45 p.m. on the current status of the investigation.

Update from September 4, 3:30 p.m.:

(SPD) explained what had happened in Solingen, made you sad, angry and stunned.

"Now it is time to

wait for

the

investigation

and check whether there have been any

of problems within the family." Giffey warned against rash judgments.

She also expressed her condolences to the relatives.

Solingen: children found dead in apartment - police make statements at press conference

Update from September 4, 1:39 p.m.:

After the discovery of five killed children in 

and the public prosecutor's office

 await

the autopsy result on Friday.

A police spokesman in Wuppertal initially did not want to comment on a report in the "Bild" newspaper, according to which the children's mother could have poisoned them.

According to the newspaper, the children's bodies between the ages of one and eight showed no external injuries.

In general, the police are

largely

holding back before the

scheduled for around 4.45 p.m. on Friday

.

Meanwhile, many residents and neighbors of the family are deeply bewildered *.

There is also increasing speculation from friends of the family.

For example, the surviving son is said to have described the tragic events of a friend.

The surviving

reportedly

told

a friend about the

death of his five siblings

in voice messages.

A boy from the neighborhood told the family in an RTL interview.

In an interview with RTL, he describes the son of the 27-year-old mother and alleged perpetrator as "mostly a bit sad".

Said friend of the survivor sent him screenshots of the tragic news flow.

In it, the eleven-year-old brother of the five dead children reported to his friend that his mother asked him to come out of school earlier.

Allegedly because of a doctor's appointment.

Only later did his mother tell him about the death of his siblings.

She is said to have explained her death with an accident.

A truck hit the back of a taxi in which she was traveling with her younger siblings.

That would have killed the five.

In the further course of the message, the boy is said to have said goodbye to his girlfriend - he will not come back.

In general, we do not report suicides so that such cases do not encourage potential copycats.

Reporting will only take place if the circumstances receive special public attention.

If you or someone you know suffers from an existential life crisis or depression, please contact the telephone counseling on: 0800-1110111.

Help is also available from the Psychiatry Crisis Service for Munich and Upper Bavaria on 0180-6553000.

You can find more information on the website www.krisendienst-psychiatrie.de.

Five dead children found in NRW - neighbor tearfully raises serious allegations against the police

Update from September 4, 12.40 p.m.:

The background to the

with five dead children in

is still opaque.

A

press conference is

scheduled

for Friday afternoon

, in which the investigators want to present the first state of knowledge.

Meanwhile, tragic details from the life of the young family condense.

The first allegations against the authorities are also loud.

She has tears in her eyes as she speaks.

The woman wants to be a resident, a neighbor of the family in whose apartment the five children were found dead on Thursday.

Several times there have been

and visits from the

, says the resident in an interview with

.

She wants to know from a direct friend of the alleged perpetrator, a young woman of 27 years and mother of six.

The husband of the 27-year-olds and father of the younger children were also taken away several times by officials.

"The police only come here if you are beaten," she says.

You experienced that yourself.

Many neighbors held back, according to the local resident.

“They say: 'The woman was not conspicuous'.

But that's not true. ”

Solingen / NRW: Five dead children - Laschet announces comprehensive clarification

Update from September 4th, 12:34 p.m.:

The

leaves shock and despair not only among the residents.

In a press conference on Friday morning, the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister

(CDU) also addressed the family drama.

Laschet announced a comprehensive investigation.

"Our authorities will do everything possible to clear up the incident," Laschet told journalists in Düsseldorf on Friday.

He expressed his condolences to the bereaved and those affected.

"That makes you pause in day-to-day business and think about the really important things in life."

Drama in North Rhine-Westphalia: five dead children found in apartment - gloomy details from the past revealed

Update from September 4th, 11:26 am:

There are still many questions in the drama about the five dead children who were found in a private apartment in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The autopsy of the children should now provide information about how the children died at the age of 18 months, two, three, six and eight years.

The 27-year-old mother is suspected.

As the

now reports, the police should have noticed the family months ago.

Apparently the father of the younger children tried to take his own life at the end of April 2020.

The young mother is said to have prevented this attempt at the time.

The police are said to have offered help at the time, but the couple did not use it.

This is reported by Bild.de.

Solingen / NRW: Five dead children found in the apartment

Update from September 4, 9:33 a.m.:

Five children dead - and their mother under suspicion: After the Solingen crime, the focus is now on educating people.

The investigators want to question neighbors and

inform them about the background of the case

at a

on Friday afternoon.

During the night, depressed people had lit more candles in front of the entrance to the apartment building, as a dpa reporter reported.

According to

expert Axel Petermann, the

case indicates

the mother's helplessness and lack of perspective *.

Possible warning signs for the act were also possibly

not recognized in time

because of the

, Petermann told the German press agency.

For example, it is conceivable that if school lessons and kindergarten care were canceled, mechanisms that would otherwise have enabled help or support could not take effect.

Drama in North Rhine-Westphalia: mother is said to have killed five of her children - one of the children saved himself to grandmother

Update from September 4, 6.59 a.m

.: Before the

report

,

according to the police,

another

the

drove

with her to the Düsseldorf train station and from there alone to his

in

.

Accordingly, the

in a

.

The grandmother, who had recently been in contact with her daughter, alerted the police.

According to a report in the

newspaper, she informed the officials that her daughter had killed her children and was now on her way with another child to kill herself.

As a result, officers found the

in the apartment in an apartment building in

the early afternoon

.

Drama in Solingen with five dead children: 40 police officers on site

According to the police, the children killed were

aged 18 months, two and three years old, and

aged

six and eight years respectively.

Your cause of death will be "

clarified

within the framework of the investigation and an

".

The police said they were there with more than

immediately began investigating the circumstances and the background to the crime.

Drama in NRW: mother is said to have killed five of her children - "Rescue workers came out crying"

Update from September 3rd, 10:40 pm:

Did the 27-year-old mother from

poison

her five

?

As bild.de reports, according to the

initial findings, there are

no visible injuries on the

the five

the ages of one and eight.

Therefore, there is a suspicion of

.

The result of the toxicological investigation is still pending.

Drama in NRW: Solingen's mayor visits the crime scene with five dead children - "inconceivable and incomprehensible"

Update from September 3, 8 p.m.:

Lord Mayor

visited the house on Thursday evening where the

found five children dead at noon.

"For me it is still incomprehensible and incomprehensible," writes the

on his Facebook page.

Today is a day of mourning

for his city of

.

Kurzbach further reports that he lit a candle in front of the house for the deceased and asked all residents of

to do the same this evening.

In the meantime,

spoke to residents who had

observed

the arrival of the

.

Accordingly, the

open the door with a crowbar and went into the apartment.

"When the police and rescue workers came out crying, it was clear to us that something bad must have happened," a local resident told the portal. The police have since announced that they had made contact with the father of the

who had been

. However, no further information was provided announced.

Solingen / North Rhine-Westphalia: Five dead children - police chief speaks of a "shocking dimension"

Update September 3, 16:44:

Even

Markus Röhrl was met by the events ". This is a harrowing dimension" To his knowledge was "never ever come across in our Bergisch before that," Röhrl told the dpa.

The

police could not provide any information about

the

the five

at the moment.

According to image information, the

said to be

three girls aged one, two and three years, and two boys aged six and eight.

Solingen: NRW Interior Minister Reul shocked by "family drama" - "fills me with great sadness"

Update from September 3, 4:21 p.m.:

What had previously been speculated by several media outlets has now been partially confirmed by the police.

As the spokesman for the local

announced, the mother of five in true

found dead

as

.

He also stated that the woman then tried to kill herself by throwing herself in front of a S-Bahn.

The 27-year-old survived the attempt, was rescued by the fire department and taken to a

.

Even

(CDU), the interior minister of

has in the meantime to the events in

expressed: "The family drama from

fills me with great sadness, and right now I am small with my thoughts and my prayers at five

who were torn from life so terribly early, ”said the 68-year-old on Thursday in

.

Solingen / NRW: five children found dead - grandmother probably called the police

Update from September 3, 3:22 p.m.:

Now there are the first details about the discovery of five

in

.

According to the picture, the grandmother of the children from Mönchengladbach called the police.

She reportedly said that her 27-year-old daughter killed five of her children.

She said she was traveling with another child to commit suicide.

According to the report, the

then found the

in the apartment.

They should be one, two, three, six and eight years old.

Solingen / NRW: Five dead children found - new details announced

According to the report, the mother jumped in

front of an S-Bahn

in

in

the early afternoon

.

She survived seriously injured and is under

.

At the moment she shouldn't be accessible.

In addition, another child at the age of 11 is said to have been found intact with the grandmother.

The German press agency also reports with reference to safety circles.

+

The forensics department enters the apartment building in Solingen, where the police had previously found five dead children.

© Oliver Berg / dpa

Drama in Solingen / North Rhine-Westphalia: Five dead children discovered in a private apartment

First report

: Solingen - In

in

-

a bad discovery has been made.

The

of

The

in

on Thursday.

The investigators assume a crime based on initial findings.

Solingen: Terrible find in North Rhine-Westphalia - five dead children discovered in an apartment

The children were in a

-

been discovered, a police spokesman said.

It remained unclear who discovered the children.

Information on the

and possible

or possible

have not yet been given.

There is also no information about the

the

or the

.

The bodies were found in an

in an

.

Police and rescue workers are on site.

Solingen is located in the Bergisches Land, around 35 kilometers from Düsseldorf.

Only in May were two dead children found in Lower Bavaria.

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