Overview
- The incident occurred Friday afternoon at the Marktkauf in the EDU Einkaufspark Duckwitz in Bremen-Neuenland.
- Eyewitnesses reported that a 40-year-old woman doused herself and her sons, ages 4 and 8, with an apparently flammable liquid.
- Police said the woman drank the liquid and forcibly fed some to one child before customers intervened.
- Officers secured the scene and all three were taken to hospital, with the children described as doing well under the circumstances.
- Kriminalpolizei and the Bremen prosecutor’s office are investigating on suspicion of attempted homicide, and police declined to release personal details.