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Shoppers Foil Alleged Arson Attempt on Children in Bremen Supermarket

Authorities are investigating the incident as attempted homicide.

Overview

  • Police say the 40-year-old poured a flammable liquid over herself and her two sons, then tried to ignite it.
  • She reportedly drank the substance and forced it into one child before bystanders intervened.
  • The incident occurred Friday around 16:40 in a supermarket on Duckwitzstraße in Bremen’s Neustadt district.
  • Emergency crews provided first aid at the scene and took the boys, ages four and eight, and their mother to hospitals.
  • Criminal police and the Bremen prosecutor’s office are securing evidence and questioning witnesses, and early reports described the woman as “psychologically conspicuous.”