After the disappearance of a 14-year-old in the Hanover area, the police are investigating a colleague – on suspicion of murder.
Following the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy in Wunstorf, near Hanover in the German state of Lower Saxony, police are investigating a boy of the same age on suspicion of murder. The 14-year-old also gave appropriate information, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. He has been arrested and is being questioned. Police initially did not provide further information.
On Tuesday night, at 6:45 pm, a 14-year-old boy from the small town was reported missing. After the other’s overtures in the middle of the night, the search efforts were intensified. However, it cannot be ruled out that the missing child could still be found alive, the spokesperson emphasized.
The forest, which more than 100 emergency services are combing through, is close to an industrial park. Because of the search, the Hanover – Wunstorf railway line was temporarily closed. Deutsche Bahn tweeted that delays and partial failures were possible on several regional trains.
Question only in the presence of parents
According to the police spokesman, the missing persons case became a suspected homicide overnight. As the suspect is very young, his interests worthy of protection must be taken into account. Among other things, he could only be interrogated in the presence of his parents.
According to criminologists, homicides involving very young suspects are not common. In Braunschweig, however, a 14-year-old has been on trial since the end of December. Together with a classmate who was 13 years old at the time, he allegedly insidiously murdered a 15-year-old girl from Salzgitter.
(APA/dpa)