It is said that the father killed the girl (7) – grief and consternation in Dusseldorf-Rath

Emergency doctors and police on the scene in Rath: But for the seven year old girl, all help came too late.

Emergency doctors and police on the scene in Rath: But for the seven year old girl any help came too late.

Gerhard Berger

Emergency physicians and police at the Rath site: But for the seven year old girl. 19659008] A terrible family tragedy took place on Thursday morning in an apartment on Lünener Straße in Rath. A seven-year-old girl was killed. His father was arrested as a suspect.

The background of the tragic case has not yet been clarified. Until now, the police said the following: In a dispute by a telephone dispute between the spouses intensified Thursday morning in the apartment the situation. At the time of the dispute, the 32-year-old man was alone in the apartment shared with his seven-year-old daughter. During the video call, he apparently threatened the child who was crying with an object. The 44-year-old mother then alerted the police. Immediately many working groups made their way to Lünener Straße. Special forces have also been requested. At 10:20 was the first patrol car on the spot.

Special forces found the lifeless girl in the apartment

When the 32-year-old's father entered the hallway outside the apartment door at about 11:30, he was restrained and arrested by special forces there, police said. Thursday afternoon. In the apartment, the officials then found the girl lifeless. They brought him immediately for treatment in an ambulance already available.

But despite all the doctor's efforts, the girl could not be saved; he was declared dead by the emergency physician at 12:10 pm

The exact cause of death now needs to be clarified by means of an autopsy. The police set up a homicide commission. It is not known whether the suspect commented on the offense

Other findings that the police and prosecutors want to announce at a press conference Friday

In the rather residential neighborhood, the bad news is spreading fast Thursday. out. A neighbor told "The Express": "I can not believe it, the family was always very friendly and calm, quite normal.We have never heard a fight.Our little girl has Always played with the girl.This was a very kind girl.Yesterday we still saw her happily circulating around the house. "The Express also quotes a teenager saying:" I'm very happy. recently saw the father and the little boy in the playground. "