Four bodies have been discovered in a clinic in Potsdam.
A fifth victim was found seriously injured.
A suspect woman (51) was arrested.
Much is still unclear.
Update from April 29th, 9:01 am
: After the murder in a dormitory in Potsdam, a murder weapon was identified according to information from the
picture
.
It should therefore be a knife as a murder weapon.
The police have not yet confirmed this.
However, a press conference should take place in the morning.
Potsdam: four people from dormitory for the disabled murdered - suspects arrested
Update from April 29, 2021
: The homicide squad is investigating a terrible act of violence in a clinic in Potsdam.
"A total of four people with fatal injuries and one other seriously injured person were found in various sick rooms in a ward," the police announced on Thursday morning.
And further: "According to previous knowledge, the injuries of all victims can be traced back to severe, external use of force."
A 51-year-old hospital worker was provisionally arrested.
"So far, no information is available on the possible motivation," said the police.
The police do not want to provide any information about the victims or other circumstances until the relatives of the victims have been notified.
Violence shakes Potsdam
The police said they were alerted on Wednesday at around 9 p.m.
The exact course and circumstances of the act have not yet been clarified and are the subject of ongoing investigations.
“At the moment there is extensive evidence of evidence taking place,” it said.
Forensic doctors and the public prosecutor were also on site.
According to media reports, the clinic in which the crime took place belongs to a complex in which people with disabilities also live and work.
In addition to the clinic, there are also daycare centers and schools there.
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Four bodies discovered in a clinic in Potsdam - woman arrested
First report from April 28, 2021
Potsdam - Four bodies were found in the Oberlinklinik in Potsdam on Wednesday evening.
Another person was seriously injured.
A 51-year-old woman was arrested on urgent suspicion, said a police spokesman on Wednesday evening.
There is a suspicion of a homicide.
One person was also seriously injured.
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Deadly violence in Potsdam clinic - four people dead.
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Four bodies in the Oberlinklinik in Potsdam: 51-year-old woman arrested - homicide investigation
The police had been on duty in the Oberlinklinik in Potsdam-Babelsberg since about shortly before 9 p.m.
The emergency pastoral care was also on site.
It is currently not clear whether the dead are also patients, police spokesman Torsten Herbst told
Bild
.
According to the police spokesman, a 51-year-old was arrested in connection with the acts.
“The urgent suspicion is directed against them,” said Herbst.
There are no further details about the woman yet.
A homicide squad has taken over the investigation.
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