The background was initially completely unclear. The officials from the Kusel Police Inspectorate were on a routine patrol. The fatal shots were fired during a traffic check on District Road 22 in Ulmet at around 4:20 a.m.
The police officers could have sent a radio message themselves, said a police spokesman. When reinforcements arrived at the scene, it was already too late for the 24-year-old police officer and her 29-year-old colleague.
The police said that a high-pressure search was being carried out. There was no description of the perpetrators or the getaway vehicle. The direction of escape is also not known. The police are asking residents not to take any hitch-hikers with them in the Kusel district. At least one suspect is armed.
Source: Nachrichten
