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Neighbor Kasim Ayten and others lay stuffed animals, flowers and candles in front of the house where five children were found dead in Solingen, Germany.
More than 800 people gathered for a tribute to the five children who were allegedly killed by their mother at their home in the western city of Solingen, the German news agency dpa reported on Sunday (all times local).
Neighbors, friends and others mourning the deaths of the five young children lit candles Saturday night in front of the building where they had lived. They brought flowers, toys and balloons with the names of the dead children: Melina, Leonie, Sophie, Timo and Luca, reported dpa.
“It’s hard to cry for yourself, express your sadness,” Hans-Peter Harbecke, a neighborhood organizer, told public broadcaster WDR. “” It’s easier when they’re together, it’s more intensive as a community. “
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Mayor Tim Kurzbach, left, and neighbors let five balloons bearing the names of the five murdered children rise in front of the family’s home as an expression of their grief in Solingen, Germany.
Prosecutors have charged the 27-year-old mother of the five children with murder, who were found dead in her home on Thursday. The killings have caused widespread commotion in Germany.
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Researchers have said that post-mortem examinations of the children, who were between 1 and 8 years old, showed signs of sedation and suffocation, but it was not yet clear how exactly they died.
The woman sent her sixth child, the eldest, to stay with her grandmother on Thursday before attempting to kill herself by jumping in front of a train at Dusseldorf train station.
She suffered serious but non-fatal injuries, and investigators have not yet questioned her, authorities said.
The 11-year-old is still with his grandmother and they are both receiving trauma therapy, dpa reported.
Local media reported that the mother separated from the father of her four minor children a year ago, and that the mother had been showing signs of being stressed and overwhelmed by her situation for a while.
