Neighbours called police Three dead in family drama in Bonn-Plittersdorf

Plittersdorf · A child and a woman were found dead in Plittersdorf this morning. Then a 40-year-old man died after a confrontation with police.

Three people died in a family tragedy in Plittersdorf on Monday morning. Police press spokesman Robert Scholten said neighbours had heard a loud argument in an apartment in a building on Martin-Luther-King-Straße at around 5.20am and called the police. When they arrived, no one opened the apartment door to them.

The police therefore asked the fire brigade to open the apartment and found two dead inside - a three year old child and a 39-year-old woman. According to GA information, a 40-year-old man, also registered at the address and the father of the child, had locked himself in the bathroom. Residents say the child is a girl. When police opened the door, Scholten says there was a short confrontation.

According to GA information, the man apparently charged at police with a knife. The police shot at the man with a pistol and the man also died. According to GA information, the man was already wounded before the police shot him. Investigations will determine which injuries were the cause of death.

According to GA information, up to now there was nothing unusual about the family. The police have also confirmed the family was not previously known to them and that they had not previously been called out to them. Scholten also said that there was nothing to indicate there had been previous violent incidents within the family.

Cologne police will take over the investigations for reasons of neutrality. Police are currently at the scene and several people have received emergency counselling.

(Original text: Jens Kleinert. Translated by Kate Carey.)

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