A family tragedy allegedly occurred in Bad Salzuflen on Saturday.
A man probably shot his mother and brother in the process.
Bad Salzuflen - On Saturday evening (September 4th) a family tragedy occurred in Bad Salzuflen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Lippe district).
A 58-year-old man is said to have killed his mother and brother.
The Bielefeld police and the Detmold public prosecutor's office announced this on Sunday (September 5) in a joint press release.
Family tragedy in North Rhine-Westphalia: the police can arrest suspected perpetrators "without resistance"
"At around 10:30 p.m., the police station in Bad Salzuflen received a notice that the man who was considered an urgent suspect should have killed his 84-year-old mother and his 63-year-old brother," the message said.
Police officers finally found the two bodies in a private building in the Wülfer-Bexten district of North Rhine-Westphalia *.
They had gunshot wounds.
"In the course of the investigation, the 58-year-old was found in the named crime, a private building in Wülfer-Bexten, and arrested without resistance," the police confirmed the arrest of the suspect.
In addition, a firearm had been secured.
So far, nothing is known about the background to the crime.
You are part of the ongoing investigation.
Family tragedy in North Rhine-Westphalia: arrest warrant issued - background unclear
A judge from the Detmold district court issued an arrest warrant, the public prosecutor and the Bielefeld police announced on Sunday evening.
The autopsy confirmed the suspicion that the two victims were fatally injured by gunfire, it said.
The background to the crime was initially unclear.
A homicide commission of the Bielefeld police headquarters is investigating.
Last year a man shot his father in Dormagen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
A federal police officer killed her two young daughters in Vogtareuth, Bavaria.