Overview

• Police say a 59-year-old killed a 35-year-old woman and two children aged 8 and 11 in an Oldenburg home before taking his own life.
• Investigators recovered a pistol believed to be the murder weapon and confirmed the man had neither a firearms license nor a weapons possession card, with the gun’s origin under review.
• Forensic work at the Oldenburg scene has concluded, and authorities say the motive remains undetermined with limited disclosures out of respect for the victims.
• Oldenburg’s mayor voiced shock as the city held a minute of silence at the Kramermarkt and a local church opened a space for mourning.
• In a separate case in Hamburg, a 41-year-old turned himself in claiming he killed his 62-year-old neighbor; police found the body, recovered a suspected blunt weapon near the Elbe, and placed the man in custody as the homicide unit investigates.