Police secures a street following an arrest in Sulzbach, Germany, after two German police officers were fatally shot early January 31, 2022, during a routine traffic stop near Kusel, southwestern Germany. Police were searching for the suspects, who fled the scene, police in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate said in a statement. REUTERS/Stephane Nitschke
Two German police officers were fatally shot early Monday morning during a routine traffic stop, police in southwestern Germany said.
Two men were later arrested in connection with the killings, police said.
One the suspects, a 38-year-old man, will be presented to court in the southwestern city of Kaiserslautern, police in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate said in a statement, adding that the man had not given any information on the matter.
A cameraperson films a street following an arrest in Sulzbach, Germany, after two German police officers were fatally shot early January 31, 2022, during a routine traffic stop near Kusel, southwestern Germany. Police were searching for the suspects, who fled the scene, police in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate said in a statement. REUTERS/Stephane Nitschke
Police detained another 32-year-old man and were investigating his involvement in the crime, they added.
Both suspects are German citizens, Spiegel magazine reported, adding that one of the suspects was a trader of hunted game animals.
Police officers secure the area on a road near the site where two German police officers were fatally shot early January 31, 2022, during a routine traffic stop near Kusel, southwestern Germany, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa and Miranda Murray; Editing by Alex Richardson and Frank Jack Daniel)
A police officer works on a road near the site where two German police officers were fatally shot early January 31, 2022, during a routine traffic stop near Kusel, southwestern Germany, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo SchmuelgenA police officer works on a road near the site where two German police officers were fatally shot early January 31, 2022, during a routine traffic stop near Kusel, southwestern Germany, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
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