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Five dead children were found in a private apartment in the western German city of Solingen. The 27-year-old mother is suspected of committing the crime.
Hospital cars are parked in front of a house in Solingen in which several dead children have been found.
Photo: Gianni Gattus (dpa / Keystone)
A tragedy has occurred in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: police officers found five dead children. Wuppertal police confirmed this to the DPA agency on Thursday.
The 27-year-old mother is under suspicion. She is said to have hit the tracks after the crime at Düsseldorf central station, but survived injured. The responsible police in Wuppertal did not initially confirm this on Thursday. Bild.de had previously reported.
The bodies were discovered in an apartment in an apartment building in Solingen. According to information from the DPA, the grandmother had informed the police shortly before 2 pm In the afternoon, numerous policemen and ambulances could be seen in front of the house. The crime scene was extensively cordoned off.
According to initial findings, the dead children are all under the age of 14, said a local police spokesman, possibly under the age of 10. According to Bild.de, the children were 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8 years old. Police said information on the cause of death could not yet be released.
The mother is said to have driven with another child to Düsseldorf Central Station, where she took S-Bahn line 1 at 1:47 p.m. According to a fire department spokesperson, the woman was recovered between two track beds and taken to the hospital injured.
Solingen is located in Bergisches Land, about 35 kilometers south-east of Düsseldorf. The city of 160,000 inhabitants is known internationally for its knife industry (knives and scissors).
