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Police operation in Fischerhude – two dead
A police vehicle is on the road in Fischerhude.
Photo: dpa / Andre van Elten
Fischerhude A police operation broke out on Tuesday evening in the Verden district of Lower Saxony. Two people are dead. The details are unclear. The population was asked to bypass the area.
The police discovered two bodies in a house during a large-scale operation that lasted for hours in Fischerhude in the Lower Saxony district of Verden. It is a man and a woman, as a police spokeswoman said. “The house is secured.” It was initially unclear whether both were victims of a crime. Another woman was seriously injured in the house by a previously unknown perpetrator.
The police had been in action with numerous patrol cars from around 5 p.m. on Tuesday in the town of around 3,000 inhabitants, which is around 30 kilometers northeast of Bremen. The mission was still running late in the evening.
First, the police announced on Twitter that a woman had been injured. A firearm is said to have been used. The woman came to the hospital. “According to current knowledge, a previously unknown perpetrator is said to have injured a woman in a residential building,” said the police on the short message service.
A short time later, the police found the two bodies. It was still unclear whether one of the dead is possibly the alleged perpetrator. The relationship between the victims is also examined.
“We also search with a drone,” said a spokeswoman. It cannot be said with certainty whether the dead person is identical with the perpetrator. A total of around 60 officers were deployed, including special forces. According to its own information, the fire brigade in Fischerhude was initially not in action.
At the same time, the population was asked to bypass the cordoned-off area and to keep the routes free for the emergency services.