LKA determined: President Lübcke shot found

02 JUNE 2019

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KASSEL

The North Hessian Government President Walter Lübcke died suddenly on the night of Sunday. According to information from our newspaper, he was killed in his home in Wolfhagen-Istha by at least one shot in the head. The State Criminal Police Office (LKA) reported on Sunday at 15.53 clock. It said: "Since the circumstances of death are unclear, the Hessian State Criminal Police Office has taken over the investigation. Due to ongoing investigations, no further information is currently available. "

The background of the act is completely unclear. Lübcke was a passionate hunter. He was found dead by family members. The house of the family is cordoned off because of the investigations on a large scale. The body was taken to the Kasseler forensic medicine on Sunday.

Dr. Walter Lübcke was 65 years old. He leaves a wife and two adult sons with their families. As the regional council said, there is bewilderment and shock over the death of the popular and extraordinarily approachable authorities. Dr. Walter Lübcke was appointed by Prime Minister Volker Bouffier to the office of Regierungspräsidenten, which he took on ten years ago.

In the ten years of his tenure, he led the agency through major changes, in which his down-to-earth approach and his open, binding approach made things much easier for him as well as for the employees. That's why many were very happy when Dr. Lübcke had applied for an extension of his term of office beyond the age of 65 until September 2019 and that application had been complied with. The grief over Drs. Walter Lübcke, it says in the press release.

The Fulda member of parliament Michael Brand commented on the death of Lübcke as follows: "The death of Walter Lübcke tears a painful gap and makes me very sad. We have known each other for decades and have worked together optimally both politically and personally. Walter Lübcke was reliable, with a clear compass, a patriot and a convinced Waldecker through and through. The week before last we talked to each other in Fulda when we changed our district master craftsman and laughed together. He was a great philanthropist, down to earth and loved life. And as Nordhesse he was a friend of East Hesse. We lose a fighter for our region, personally I lose a friend. My thoughts are with his family at this difficult hour. "/ Vn

GER Sauce:

https://www.fuldaerzeitung.de/regional/lka-ermittelt-regierungsprasident-lubcke-erschossen-aufgefunden-BG9118065