After the deadly shots at a police candidate and her colleagues, a memorial service will take place in Kusel today. In addition to colleagues and relatives, the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Dreyer (SPD) is also expected.
Around 200 guests are expected in the Fritz-Wunderlich-Halle in Kusel for the funeral service for the young policewoman who was killed and her colleagues. The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Dreyer and Minister of the Interior Lewentz (SPD) will take part in the celebration as well as relatives of the two victims and colleagues.
During a routine patrol during the night from Sunday to Monday, two police officers from the Kusel police station were killed. The current developments in our live ticker:
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Minute of silence in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland
In addition, there will be a minute’s silence nationwide at 10 a.m., said a spokesman for the West Palatinate police headquarters in Kaiserslautern. All police officers in Rhineland-Palatinate are called upon to pause to commemorate their murdered colleagues.
At the same time, the Saarland state government is also calling for a minute’s silence as a sign of solidarity. The policewoman who was killed and her colleague came from Saarland. Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) said: “The fact that two young people in the police force were so senselessly torn from the middle of life triggered great horror and a wave of dismay throughout the country.”
Public memorial service planned in RLP for killed police officers
Already on Thursday evening there was an ecumenical service for the killed police officer and her colleagues in the Protestant town church in Kusel. In addition, the Rhineland-Palatinate state government has announced a public act of mourning. However, a date has not yet been determined.
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Two suspects from Saarland arrested
Since Tuesday, two suspects have been in custody on suspicion of joint murder and poaching. The 32 and 38-year-old Saarlanders are said to have shot a 24-year-old police officer and her 29-year-old colleague early Monday morning during a traffic check on a district road near Ulmet in the Kusel district. Investigators suspect that the men wanted to cover up poaching. The trunk of her van was full of dead animals.