Incident in Schleswig-Holstein
59-year-old shoots his wife and calls the police
September 29, 2024, 6:31 p.m
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On Saturday, a man in Schleswig-Holstein reported to the police. He confesses to shooting his wife. The officers found the woman’s body in a wooded area and the caller had a gun. The district court issues an arrest warrant.
After a dead woman was found near the state border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the Lübeck district court issued an arrest warrant against the 55-year-old’s husband. A police spokesman said the 59-year-old was under strong suspicion of murder. The current investigation indicated that the woman had been shot. The Lübeck murder squad confiscated the suspected murder weapon.
The 59-year-old called the police in Büchen (Duchy of Lauenburg district) on Saturday morning and then turned himself in around 8:45 a.m., as the police department and the public prosecutor’s office in Lübeck announced. He said he killed his wife. The police temporarily arrested the man. After the arrest warrant was issued, he was taken to the Lübeck correctional facility.
Police officers found the woman’s body between the communities of Witzeeze and Büchen near a walking path on the edge of the forest. She was identified as the 55-year-old wife of the 59-year-old. The couple lived separately in the area surrounding the crime scene, said the police spokesman. The man is a Turk who has lived in Germany for many years. The arrest warrant was also based on the risk of absconding.
According to police, witnesses heard banging noises. The “Lübecker Nachrichten” reported that a resident said that he heard three shots at around 7:45 a.m. The resident suspected that it was a hunter.
