2 Children Suspected of Killing 12-Year-Old Girl in Germany

2 Children Suspected of Killing 12-Year-Old Girl in Germany
A makeshift memorial of flowers and candles is placed at the site where the body of a killed schoolgirl was found in Freudenberg, western Germany, on March 15, 2023. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
Reuters
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KOBLENZ, Germany—Two girls are suspected of killing a 12-year-old schoolgirl who was found dead in a woodland area in western Germany at the weekend, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

In a case that has shocked Germany, police found the body of a girl, named only as Luise, near a cycle path in woodland on Sunday. Her parents had raised the alarm the previous day after she had visited a friend.