Child dies in an apartment fire in Baden-Baden
Created: 12/19/2021 Updated: 12/19/2021, 5:05 pm
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In Baden-Baden, emergency services have rescued a dead child from an apartment on fire.
Investigators believe it was the victim of violence before the fire broke out.
The police announced on Sunday.
Details indicated that there was a violent assault on the five-year-old child before the fire broke out in the home.
Baden-Baden - How it died is open.
Another child and his father came to a clinic.
According to the current state of knowledge, no other people are involved.
The fire broke out in an apartment in the Oosschänen district early Sunday morning and was quickly extinguished.
"One child could only be rescued dead by the helpers," said the police.
The officials did not want to provide any further information.
The criminal police are investigating the reasons that led to the death of the child and the outbreak of the fire.
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