After the deadly shots at two police officers near Kusel, investigators in Saarland discover more weapons. And apparently not only that.
Munich/Sulzbach – The killing of two police officers in the Kusel district continues to cause deep concern in Germany. In society as a whole. And with the police in particular, who, together with many other citizens, had commemorated the shot police commissioner candidate Yasmin B. and the dead police commissioner Alexander K. in a nationwide minute’s silence.
Police killing of Kusel: Investigators find more weapons in suspects
Meanwhile, the investigations into the events of January 31, 2022 in the district of Kusel (Rhineland-Palatinate) * continue. The police officer and her colleague were shot dead during a traffic check on Monday last week. Arrest warrants for joint murder were issued against two suspects who were arrested on the same day by a special task force (SEK) in Sulzbach, Saarland. According to the investigators, they wanted to cover up previous poaching.
This Tuesday (February 8), the investigating public prosecutor’s office in Kaiserslautern announced the latest findings. After the double murder, the investigators confiscated a total of 19 weapons from the two suspects. A shotgun and a hunting rifle were found in a property in Sulzbach, Saarland, according to the Kaiserslautern public prosecutor. In the house of the second suspect, however, investigators discovered 17 other weapons. According to investigators, he had neither a hunting license nor a gun permit.
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The law enforcement authorities also said that the question of who owns the weapons is currently being investigated. There are currently no other suspects for the allegations of joint murder in two cases and poaching, it said in a statement. The results of the blood tests were still pending on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Saarbrücker Zeitung reported on a suspected piece of evidence.
Accordingly, a flashlight was found during the search of the property in Sulzbach, which is said to have belonged to one of the two brutally shot police officers*. (pm) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
