Tragedy in the night in Germany, where two police officers were killed during a routine patrol service in the town of Kusel, in the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The police are now hunting the killer.
The two victims, a man and a woman, are 29 and 24 years old: it was the two young officers who raised the alarm, but when the rescue arrived at the scene of the shooting there was already nothing more to be done.
Local police said they ignored the motive for the murder, and did not know if the killer was on foot or on a means of transport, urging motorists not to host hitchhikers.
It could also be a poacher, because shortly before the shooting the two officers had sent a radio message indicating that they had stopped a suspect carrying game in the trunk.
The search for the murderer has been extended to neighboring Saarland and to the border with France.
(Unioneonline / vl)
