“How desperate do you have to be?” | Abroad

Forensic investigators look for evidence in the apartment where five children died.

Ⓒ foto ANP / HH

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SOLINGEN – Sadness, but for the moment mainly total bewilderment in Solingen, Germany. There, the bodies of five young children were found in a flat on Thursday afternoon. The children were killed by the mother, according to local residents. “What can I say? Research should further clarify the background to this. But today is above all a day of deep sorrow, ”says the visibly moved Mayor Tim Kurzbach of Solingen.

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