2024-02-04 14:00:00
As of: February 4, 2024 3:00 p.m
The 32-year-old suspect in the case of the two men killed with a knife in Billstedt has turned himself in. An arrest warrant was issued once morest him for double manslaughter, a spokeswoman for the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.
The police quickly targeted the man because he is related to the two victims. The two dead are said to be his 61-year-old father and his 58-year-old uncle. After the crime, the man came to Police Station 42 in Billstedt on Saturday morning and was temporarily arrested.
Police informed the public regarding the case
On Friday followingnoon, the police informed the short message service X that two fatally injured people had been found in Billstedt. One was next to a parked car, the second was in the middle of the street. The rescue workers who were called in might no longer do anything for the two men.
Special forces in action during a search
The perpetrator was initially able to escape, and the police also used heavily armed special forces to search for him. According to investigators, searches were underway in several places in the city, including Neuengamme. There was no precise information regarding this. The officers cordoned off a large area of the crime scene on Druckerstrasse. Screens and small tents were set up to protect the crime scene from prying eyes. The homicide squad began an investigation.
The perpetrator is said to be the son of one of the victims
According to NDR information, the perpetrator is said to be the son of one of the men killed. The other victim was his uncle. The background is apparently a family dispute that escalated and culminated in the fatal knife attack.
Searches in Horn and Lohbrügge
In search of the 32-year-old, the police searched two apartments on Friday evening. The two properties in Lohbrügge and Horn were stormed by heavily armed special forces and then searched by investigators from the State Criminal Police Office.
Police are still looking for witnesses
The police are still looking for witnesses to the crime. The police are particularly asking an elderly woman, the driver of a silver small car, to come forward.
AUDIO: After the knife attack in Billstedt: Suspected perpetrator turns himself in (1 min)
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