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Bremen Police Probe Attempted Homicide After Supermarket Self-Immolation Attempt Involving Two Children

Authorities have opened an attempted homicide investigation based on initial findings of mental disturbance.

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.