World News | Police Arrest Teen After German Couple Killed in Own Home

Berlin, Jan 9 (AP) Police in Germany have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of killing a couple in their home while their four children were present.

The 47-year-old woman and her 51-year-old husband were found with stab wounds early Sunday in the basement of their house in Mistelbach, near the Bavarian town of Bayreuth.

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Upper Franconia police said they were alerted by neighbours who had heard cries for help shortly after midnight.

Officers launched a manhunt for the suspect, who gave himself up to police several hours later.

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German news agency dpa quoted a police spokesman saying the teenager wasn't a member of the family, but initial information indicated he was a guest.

It wasn't immediately clear whether the couple's four underage children had witnessed the crime itself.

They were being looked after by social workers, dpa reported. (AP)

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