Wunsiedel
Killed ten-year-olds: Investigators suspect eleven-year-olds after traces have been found
The ten-year-old was found dead in a child welfare facility in Wunsiedel, Bavaria, on Tuesday
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It sounds outrageous: According to the trace analysis, an eleven-year-old was said to have been involved in Wunsiedel. What happened behind the walls of the child and youth welfare facility?
After the death of a ten-year-old girl in a child and youth welfare facility in Wunsiedel, the police assume that an eleven-year-old was involved. The results of the securing of evidence allow this conclusion to be drawn, as the police and public prosecutor’s office announced on Good Friday. “Since the eleven-year-old boy is not criminally responsible, he was placed in a secure facility as a preventive measure.”
On Tuesday, the girl was found dead in her room in the child and youth welfare facility in Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia. The public prosecutor assumed a homicide. A special commission with around 40 employees began their investigations. According to the information, the emergency services immediately secured traces at the crime scene and left them to the State Criminal Police Office for evaluation.
A hearing of the eleven-year-old boy was still pending according to the police on Friday. Further measures would be taken in close coordination with the youth authorities.
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Minister of the Interior Herrmann: “Explain the background to this atrocious act”
Bavaria’s Minister of the Interior, Joachim Herrmann (CSU), praised the experts involved in the investigation: “Thanks to the meticulous and highly committed investigations, a person involved in the crime could be identified in a comparatively short time.” It is now a matter of “clarifying the exact background of this horrific act”.
The Minister of the Interior spoke of difficult and complex investigations, since a large number of children and young people had to be questioned. “It takes a lot of tact.”
The day before, the Bavarian Minister for Family Affairs Ulrike Scharf (CSU) had visited the Wunsiedel facility and found out how what had happened there was being processed. “The children need protection in their familiar surroundings so that they can work through the situation with their carers.”
Wunsiedel: What happened in the children’s aid center?
But what happened behind the walls of the center when the girl died? Police and prosecutors withheld further details on Friday, referring to the boy’s age. There will be no further information, said a spokeswoman for the police headquarters in Upper Franconia. She also gave no information on what kind of traces were found. It was still unclear how the girl died.
The child and youth welfare facility blends inconspicuously into the picture of the 9,200-inhabitant town of Wunsiedel in north-eastern Bavaria, it is right next to the Catholic parish church.
According to the agency, around 90 children and young adults between the ages of 3 and 19 are cared for there. The staff of the house also consists of about 90 employees. The specialist facility is there for young people and their families who need help with education, according to the website of the house. “The children come from difficult situations,” said Minister Scharf.