Hamburg: Two dead people found in the stairwell – police are investigating

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Two dead found in Hamburg apartment building

The Hamburg police are investigating after the discovery of two bodies in an apartment building in the Ottensen district.

Several shots were reported to the officers by telephone at 8.45 a.m., a police spokeswoman said star. According to the “Hamburger Abendblatt”, a resident of the house discovered the lifeless bodies of a man and a woman, both said to have had gunshot wounds.

Police operation at Hamburg-Altona train station

Rescuers who rushed to the scene were unable to save the two. Because it was not certain whether a possible perpetrator was on the run, the police moved in with a large contingent on Scheel-Plessen-Straße next to the tracks of the Hamburg-Altona train station. The area has been cordoned off.

According to initial findings, the investigators are now assuming a homicide followed by suicide. The murder commission should now clarify the course of action. The police initially did not want to provide any information on the identity of the dead, out of consideration for the investigation and the relatives who had not yet been informed.

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The star only reports in exceptional cases and with great reluctance on suicides or killings followed by suicide. We carefully weigh up the public’s interest in information – triggered, for example, by a major police operation – against the interests of the victims and those affected.

Swell: Police Hamburg on Twitter, “Hamburger Abendblatt”DPA news agency

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