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| German police find dead children | German police find dead children |
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| A mother has been placed in psychiatric care in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein on suspicion of killing her five young children. | A mother has been placed in psychiatric care in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein on suspicion of killing her five young children. |
| Police found the bodies of five children aged between three and nine, who had suffered "violent" deaths, at a house in the village of Darry. | Police found the bodies of five children aged between three and nine, who had suffered "violent" deaths, at a house in the village of Darry. |
| "As far as currently known, the motive is to be sought in the mother's mental illness," they said in a statement. | "As far as currently known, the motive is to be sought in the mother's mental illness," they said in a statement. |
| The 31-year-old has been detained and sent to a psychiatric facility. | |
| Last year, a German woman was jailed for killing eight of her own babies. | Last year, a German woman was jailed for killing eight of her own babies. |