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Kusel: Mourning for the killed police officers
With an ecumenical service on Thursday, several hundred people in Kusel commemorated the two police officers killed earlier in the week. Due to current corona regulations, access to the church in the Rhineland-Palatinate city was restricted. The funeral service was broadcast over loudspeakers on the market square. Many people in the region were concerned. “From my point of view, it is also important to publicly show your sympathy for such a terrible event, which of course does not leave the people and the region unaffected.” “The district of Kusel is deeply shocked. We experience this in the conversations, in the encounters with our people. And we feel that the people here need a place to express their sadness and their feelings.” “It doesn’t work that way. For base motives, for me it’s base motives that shake me, shake me deeply. That makes me doubt my belief in humanity. That something like this could happen, unthinkable, unbelievable. I still can’t believe it .” A policewoman and a policeman were shot dead during a traffic check on a district road on Monday night. Two suspects are in custody.
Worship service was broadcast over loudspeakers in the marketplace. Many people were deeply moved.