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Murder of two children in Hanau: the perpetrators are still on the run – the family was looked after by the youth welfare office
The scene of the crime is an eleven-story high-rise building in downtown Hanau
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In Hanau, the investigations into the murder of two children continue – but the suspect is still not caught. It is now known that the family received support from the youth welfare office.
Two days after the murder of two seven- and eleven-year-old children in Hanau, Hesse, the perpetrator is still on the run. The search for the suspect is ongoing, said a spokeswoman for the police headquarters in Southeast Hesse on Friday morning, without giving details.
Investigators still don’t want to say who the suspect is. They do not confirm consistent media reports that the suspect is the father of the two children killed. A public search for the man is not planned, a spokeswoman for the Hanau public prosecutor said on Wednesday star said.
Youth Welfare Office Hanau cared for family
Claus Kaminsky, the mayor of the city of 100,000, announced just a few hours after the crime that the family had received socio-educational support for several months.
According to the DPA news agency, the case file shows that the family only moved to Hanau at the turn of the year 2021/2022. As early as January, the youth welfare office found out about problems in the family and mediated socio-pedagogical family help for support in everyday life. “The offer was accepted by the family,” said the city of Hanau, which also maintained contact with the family with its own municipal social service (KSD). There were no indications of violence.
At the beginning of this week, the KSD found out “that the family relationship had probably deteriorated” and the conversation was sought. The two children were murdered shortly afterwards. The “Bild” newspaper, citing a family acquaintance, reported that the two children were said to have been very afraid of their father.
Police are investigating the murder of two children
As reported, a passer-by discovered the family’s eleven-year-old son, seriously injured, in front of a skyscraper in the city center on Wednesday morning and called the police. The child died a little later in the hospital from “multiple internal injuries”, caused by a fall from a great height, according to the public prosecutor.
On the ninth floor of the skyscraper, officials then discovered the dead seven-year-old daughter on the balcony – she reportedly had severe cuts on her neck. The act had sparked nationwide horror.
What exactly happened on Wednesday in downtown Hanau is still being determined. The course of the morning should be reconstructed in as much detail as possible.
The Hanau criminal police are still asking witnesses to the crime to call (06181) 100123.
Sources: Public prosecutor’s office in Hanau and the police headquarters in Southeast Hesse, “Bild” newspaperDPA news agency