Rhineland-Palatinate: Two police officers shot at traffic control

Police officers in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Kusel secure the section of road where it happened. Two of her colleagues were shot dead here on Monday night. The background is still completely unclear. As the police announced, the two deceased officers from the Kusel Police Inspectorate were on a routine patrol. At around 4:20 a.m., they reported a traffic check over the radio, says police spokesman Erfort. “And shortly afterwards they radioed that shots were being fired. Then we no longer had radio contact. That means we no longer know what happened there. Emergency services drove to the scene of the event, but injured their colleagues, respectively found dead. Both emergency services, a colleague, 24 years old, and a colleague, 29 years old, died.” An intensive search is being carried out for the fleeing perpetrators. There is no description of the people or the getaway vehicle. “We don’t know anything about the getaway vehicle, and I can’t give you any information about the direction of the escape at the moment. What I can tell you is that many civilian and uniformed emergency services are on the move in the Kusel district and are also searching in neighboring Saarland. We have the Rhineland-Palatinate-Saarland border region there, which is why our Saarland colleagues support us. We assume that the perpetrators could be armed, which is why we appeal to the population: do not pick up hitchhikers. If you see anything suspicious or If you saw anything suspicious during the night then please inform the police, the number is 0631 369 2528. So if you saw anything, you have information for us that may not be important to you, but you could be an important piece of the puzzle for us , then please inform the police.” The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer and Interior Minister Roger Lewentz were “deeply shocked”. “Our thoughts are with the relatives,” said a statement from the two SPD politicians.