Germany: Suspects in police shooting had been poaching
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German investigators say two men arrested over the nighttime killing of two police officers on a rural road apparently opened fire with hunting weapons after being caught with poached wild animals in their van
BERLIN -- Two men arrested over the nighttime killing of two police officers on a rural road in Germany apparently opened fire with hunting weapons after being caught with poached wild animals in their van, investigators said Tuesday.
Fatal attacks on police are rare in Germany and Monday's shooting near Kusel in the west of the country shocked officials from Chancellor Olaf Scholz down.
A 29-year-old male officer and a 24-year-old female colleague who was still attending a police academy were killed. Both were shot in the head.
Two men were arrested on Monday afternoon in Sulzbach, about 37 kilometers (over 20 miles) from the scene of the shooting. A judge on Tuesday ordered them to be kept in custody on suspicion of murder pending a possible indictment, prosecutor Stefan Orthen said at a news conference in Kaiserslautern.
