Violent act in Cologne: 93-year-old killed by burglars

Köln – The neighbors in the quiet residential area in Cologne are shocked. Nobody noticed anything, but right next door a 93-year-old man was killed in a suspected robbery. His adult children found him dead in his bungalow on Sunday, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Apparently the body had been there for a long time. The investigators assume that the unknown perpetrators gained access to the house on Böhmweg in the Neubrück district between Friday and Sunday and attacked the 93-year-old. They are said to have then fled with their prey. According to the information, the body had significant injuries that indicated “massive violence,” it said.

An autopsy of the body revealed that the man died from these injuries. The police set up a murder squad.