Germany’s crossbow killings: Two more bodies found
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German police said Monday two more bodies have been found during investigations into the deaths of three people discovered in a Bavarian hotel room and killed by crossbow bolts. The bodies were found in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, in the apartment of one of the women discovered in a hotel in Passau. The apartment was searched in order to shed light on the Passau discoveries.
Detectives were hoping for clues to the mysterious deaths of one man and two women, all apparently dead from being shot by crossbows but the mystery just got bigger.
Police are now were investigating the identities of the two newly discovered women to determine their connection with the three dead found over the weekend.
Police agents walk towards a building in Wittingen, northern Germany, 13 May 2019. Two female dead bodies have been found in a flat in the house, killed by a crossbow according to locla media. EPA-EFE/HOLGER BODEN
The two female corpses were found near the northern city of Hanover while detectives probed the mysterious deaths of a man and two women discovered over the weekend in the Bavarian town of Passau, close to the Austrian border.
The two crime scenes are 645 kilometres apart at opposite ends of Germany.
No details were given as to whether the latest two corpses in Lower Saxony had also been killed by crossbow bolts.
On Saturday, hotel staff in Passau discovered the three dead Germans in their room around noon alongside two crossbows. German media reported that the man and the 33-year-old woman were found dead in the bed, holding hands, with bolts in their heads and chests, while the 30-year-old woman was found lying on the floor with a bolt in her chest.
