Lower Saxony: Four people dead in the communities of Scheeßel and Bothel – Molotov cocktail found

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Four dead after shots fired in Lower Saxony – Molotov cocktail found

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Four people are dead, including a child, after shots were fired in the Lower Saxony communities of Scheeßel and Bothel. The alleged perpetrator, an active Bundeswehr soldier, turned himself in, the Verden public prosecutor’s office and the police announced in a joint press release.

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During the night several shots were fired in two communities in Lower Saxony. Four people die – including a child. A Bundeswehr soldier then turns himself in to the authorities.

NAfter a 32-year-old Bundeswehr soldier allegedly killed four people in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district of Lower Saxony, a Molotov cocktail was found in the suspect’s car. One can only speculate as to why the Molotov cocktail was in the car, said the spokesman for the Rotenburg police station.

A bottle with textile fibers in the neck stands in the door of a car near a barracks

Source: dpa/Sina Schuldt

Shots in the Rotenburg district

The car is behind a barrier tape

Source: dpa/Sina Schuldt

According to the authorities’ current knowledge, the Bundeswehr soldier is said to have shot four people in the communities of Scheeßel and Bothel on Friday night. In addition to a child, the dead included a 30-year-old man and two women aged 33 and 55. The background was initially unknown.

“A motive in the family environment cannot be ruled out,” said the investigators. However, investigators initially found no family connection. It must now be determined whether there was a personal close relationship between the victim and the perpetrator.

The Bundeswehr has now confirmed that it is a soldier. An army spokeswoman did not provide further information when asked. According to the police, the suspect is not a member of the barracks in Rotenburg (Wümme).

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According to the police, that is where the soldier drove after his crime. He parked his car in front of the barracks, got out, walked to the station and identified himself. The police were called and arrested the suspected perpetrator.

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