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Friday 29 of March 2024

Authorities Left Violent German Alone with Kids; He Killed Two


The emergency services and police stand outside a house after a family incident in Altenfeld, Germany,photo: WichmannTV/dpa, via AP
The emergency services and police stand outside a house after a family incident in Altenfeld, Germany,photo: WichmannTV/dpa, via AP
Prosecutors plan to charge the suspect, identified by German media only as 27-year-old Christian S., with two counts of murder

Authorities in Germany say they saw no reason to take a woman’s three children into care after her husband beat her so badly she needed hospital treatment.

Two days later the woman came home to find he had stabbed their young sons, killing two and seriously injuring the third.

Local authorities said Friday they are looking into possible failings by child protection services in a case that has shocked Germany.

Prosecutor Anette Schmitt-ter Hell said police called to deal with the domestic violence incident Tuesday in the small town of Altenfeld decided not to remove the children, aged one to four, “because the violence was only directed at the mother.”

Prosecutors plan to charge the suspect, identified by German media only as 27-year-old Christian S., with two counts of murder.