Bloody deed in Hanau with two children: the search for the suspect is ongoing – the identity is now clear

Created: 05/12/2022, 07:01

By: Jennifer Lanzinger

After the death of two children in Hanau, the investigators assume a family drama.

The search for a suspect is ongoing.

Its identity should be clear.

Update from May 12, 6:33 a.m .:

After the death of two children in Hanau, investigations are in full swing.

The search for a suspect has so far been unsuccessful.

According to a report by

, it should be the father of the children who were killed.

"First indications currently let us assume a family background," said Lisa Pohlmann from the Hanau public prosecutor's office to the tabloid, without confirming the suspect's identity.

Local residents, who stood on the sidewalk and looked up at the balcony where a lifeless girl had been discovered, expressed dismay.

"You're shocked, especially when you're a mother yourself," said a 32-year-old who was traveling with her two small children.

Hanau in shock again: girl and boy (7 and 11) found dead - family known to the city

Update, 2.45 p.m .:

After the alleged killing of two children in Hanau, Mayor Claus Kaminsky (SPD) was shocked.

"It's a shock that's going through the city again," he said of the

.

"We now have to wait for further investigations by the police.

Unfortunately, there's a lot to be said for family drama." Kaminsky said, "I didn't know the family personally, but what we do know is that they've had socio-educational support for a few months."

A good two years ago, a 43-year-old German murdered nine people in Hanau for racist reasons.

The act had sparked nationwide horror.

Hanau: Two children found dead - both are to be autopsied

Update, 12:25 p.m .:

According to a spokeswoman for the Hanau public prosecutor’s office, the suspect that the police are currently looking for is a man.

The relationship between him and the children was initially unknown.

When officers arrived, the boy was no longer responsive, police and prosecutors said.

The officers then found the lifeless girl on the balcony of an apartment on the ninth floor.

The emergency doctor could only determine death.

The boy was taken to the Hanau city hospital, where he succumbed to his serious injuries shortly afterwards.

The two children should still be autopsied during the day, said the spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office.

"Investigators from the public prosecutor's office and the criminal police are assuming a homicide and are now concentrating on what happened in the house in the morning," the statement said.

Neighbors would also be comprehensively questioned and traces secured, the spokeswoman said.

With a view to the ongoing investigations, further findings could probably not be published until this Thursday (May 12), it said.

Police officers cordoned off the streets around the house with barrier tape and patrol cars.

Onlookers stood around.

Detectives in white protective gear stood on the ninth-floor balcony.

The police had a drone fly over the house to photograph the crime scene from as many angles as possible.

Bushes were removed in front of the house.

The residential building has a total of eleven floors, with a shop and a café on the ground floor.

Hanau: Two dead children discovered - police are looking for suspects

Update, 11.45 a.m .:

It is an incredible incident that must have happened in Hanau on Wednesday morning.

After emergency services discovered two dead children in downtown Hanau, the boy was initially taken to a clinic (see original report below), the police are now looking for a suspect.

The dpa reports.

According to the spokeswoman for the Hanau public prosecutor's office, there are indications of a family background to the crime.

According to previous information, it should be a seven-year-old girl and an eleven-year-old boy who lived in the apartment.

Hanau: Police find dead girl in apartment building and seriously injured boy on the street - he also dies

Original message:

Hanau – The police found a dead girl in a high-rise building in downtown Hanau on Wednesday.

According to a police spokesman, a seriously injured boy was discovered on the street in front of the house.

He was taken to a clinic in Offenbach.

As a spokeswoman for the Hanau public prosecutor's office reported to the German Press Agency on Wednesday, the boy is said to have succumbed to his serious injuries.

The girl was therefore discovered on the balcony of the apartment.

Investigators would currently assume a homicide.

The background to the dramatic incident is still unclear.

Passers-by discovered the boy on the street around 7:20 a.m. and alerted emergency services.

The dead girl was then discovered on the ninth floor of the apartment building in the city center.