The police arrested the alleged perpetrator, who is said to have shot two people on Thursday.
According to the homicide squad, the motive for the act lies in the family.
Bielefeld / Espelkamp (dpa) - A 52-year-old man from Diepenau in Lower Saxony has been in custody since Friday under suspicion of double manslaughter in Espelkamp, East Westphalia.
The Bielefeld District Court issued an arrest warrant against the suspect, as the police and public prosecutor announced on Friday in Bielefeld.
According to the current state of investigations by the homicide squad, the motive for the death of a 48-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman on Thursday in Espelkamp is family.
An autopsy result was not yet available on Friday afternoon.
The victims were found in a row of houses.
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Notification from the police and the public prosecutor's office
