The trial of a woman accused of stabbing four residents to death and severely injuring another at a German care home for disabled people where she worked has begun.
Woman in German custody over killings at disabled centre
published : 29 Apr 2021 at 17:45 Flowers and candles have been placed outside the Oberlin care clinic in the German city of Potsdam after the killings
POTSDAM (GERMANY) - An employee at a clinic for disabled people outside Berlin was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing four people at the centre and wounding a fifth, police said, with the motive still unclear.
The slain victims, two women and two men, were stabbed with a knife late Wednesday at the facility in the city of Potsdam, the daily Bild reported.
Those killed are believed to be patients at the care clinic, local newspaper Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten reported.
An employee at a clinic for disabled people outside Berlin accused of killing four people and wounding a fifth was placed in urgent psychiatric care Thursday, a prosecutor said.
In a case of shocking violence that made national headlines, the slain victims, two women and two men, were stabbed with a knife late Wednesday at the facility in Potsdam, the daily Bild reported.
The victims were residents of the care clinic.
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A 51-year-old female staff member was immediately taken into custody and state prosecutors sought a warrant for her arrest on suspicion of manslaughter from a local court.