Family gun massacre ‘leaves four dead as soldier shoots ex-girlfriend, her child, her new boyfriend and his mother’ in Germany

A soldier is accused of murdering four people including a child at a home in Germany last night.

The victims are said to be his ex-girlfriend, her child, her new boyfriend and her boyfriend’s mother.

The incident happened at 3:30 in the morning

Several police forces were called to the property in Scheeßel in the district of Rotenburg after reports of a shooting and a helicopter was put to use searching for the shooter from above.

The armored officers cordoned off the building and stormed it with machine guns.

German newspaper Bild reports that police say inside the house there were ‘several victims’.

Police spokesman Heiner van der Werp told Bild that the incident was a ‘family story’.

He also said: ‘Everything that was available was in use.’ These include forces from the Lower Saxony State Police and Federal Police.

The police presence continued throughout the night and into the morning with officers at Rotenburg train station and houses being surrounded.

Then, at dawn, police say the suspect handed himself in.

The perpetrator is said to have been a Bundeswehr soldier and has since been arrested.

Ammunition and explosives were found in the soldiers car, leading the police to begin a search of the von Düring barracks in Rotenburg.

The two crime scenes are about eight miles apart with heavy police presences in both

Shots were also fired in the Lower Saxony community of Bothel today, allegedly by an active Bundeswehr soldier.

The two places are about eight miles apart.  

There was a heavy police presence at both scenes, the family home in Scheeßel and the other scene in Bothel.

‘A motive in the family environment cannot be ruled out,’ said the police press release.