Police murder at Kusel: Suspect names details – first shots allegedly after a question
Created: 2022-02-10Updated: 2022-02-10, 4:40 p.m
By: Franziska Schwarz
The scene of the police murder ten days after the crime.
© Sebastian Gollnow/dpa
According to a media report, the co-defendant described what happened on the night of the crime.
The public prosecutor's office is currently examining his statements.
Kusel – The interior committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament announced new details on the police murder at Kusel* on Tuesday (February 8).
They relate to the course of action.
Focus Online
also
reports new details, citing legal circles.
Two men (38 and 32 years old) who got into a traffic control are accused.
The latter claims to have had to deal with a killed fallow deer in a nearby meadow, according to
Focus Online
.
The 38-year-old main defendant, on the other hand, replied to the 24-year-old police officer when she asked about the hunting license that it was in the car.
The 32-year-old claims to have "withdrawn" from this event and followed it "stunned".
Because the main defendant pulled out a Bergara Takedown 308 caliber hunting rifle and shot the officer.
He then fatally injured her colleague (29).
Police murder in Rhineland-Palatinate: search for ID card
Then he turned to the 32-year-old with the following words: "Find my ID!
Otherwise I'll put you next to the two." The search for the paper was unsuccessful.
The two continued in the direction of Sulzbach - according to the description - until their vehicle broke down and was towed away.
Then they are said to have cut up 22 fallow deer in their kitchen.
The testimony of the 32-year-old is "still being checked",
Focus Online
quotes the senior public prosecutor Udo Gehring as saying.
His defense attorney Christian Kessler did not want to comment on the crime when asked.
Police officer killings: Suspects previously in trouble with law
On January 31, a 24-year-old police officer and a 29-year-old chief inspector were shot dead during a traffic check near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate.
As suspects, the 38-year-old and a 32-year-old are in custody on charges of joint murder and commercial poaching.
Numerous dead wild animals were discovered in the car, with which the two were probably traveling.
Investigators assume that the suspects wanted to cover up previous poaching with the murders.
According to the public prosecutor, further investigations are underway against the 38-year-old.
According to media reports, the 32-year-old has been convicted three times since 2018, including for traffic offenses.
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