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A mother reportedly killed five of her children before fleeing with another child in Germany.
The bodies of five children, believed to be one, two, three, six and eight years old, have been found in a house in Solingen.
Police made the tragic discovery in an apartment block and photos show emergency services at the scene.
According to Bild, a grandmother called the police to inform them that her 27-year-old daughter had killed five of her children and was traveling with another child.
The mother reportedly jumped in front of a train, but survived seriously injured and is now under police protection.
Reports add that the 11-year-old boy who was with her is unharmed and is now with his grandmother.
The deaths were confirmed Thursday, but the cause of death is currently unknown.
Agents were called to the private apartment around 2 p.m., Tag 24 reports.
The area around the apartment block is cordoned off.
A shocked resident wrote on Twitter: “Deeply shocked by the news that 5 children have been found dead.”
Police say the investigation is ongoing.
A police spokesman told Sky tg 24: “The investigation is ongoing and I cannot add anything.
“The lifeless bodies were found in a private house on Hasselstrasse in Solingen”.
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