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Six dead in German family drama

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RHEINFELDEN, Germany: An estranged German husband shot and killed his two children, his parents and his wife before turning the gun on himself, police said yesterday.

 

Authorities suspected a marital crisis as the motive behind the bloodbath in this southern German town.

 

“The evidence and the course of events indicate that this was not a spontaneous decision but had been planned for a long while,†the chief of police in the nearby city of Lorrach.

 

The 41-year-old man had lived apart from his Somali wife and their four- and seven-year-old children. His 30-year-old spouse had found a new partner and wanted a divorce.

 

The father, who had joint custody of the children, ordered them and his 74-year-old and 79-year-old parents into their beds Saturday before killing them one by one with a shot to the head.

 

When his wife returned from work and shopping, the man then forced her into their former bed and shot her. There were no signs of a struggle. In the early evening, the man alerted the police to “an incident†and gave them his address. He then lay down next to his wife and shot himself. He was taken to a local clinic after the police arrived and died there yesterday. The man left a note explaining his desperation over the upcoming divorce.

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Lidia   

I heard of this sad news a while back. It is nevertheless, a heartbreaking incident, since the girl involved is a Somali.

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