A suspect has been arrested after two police officers were shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Germany, APA reports citing BBC.
At 04:20 local time (03:20 GMT) the officers stopped a vehicle in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state near the French border.
A 29-year-old male officer and a 24-year-old female officer were shot dead at the scene.
Announcing the arrest of a 38-year-old man, police said they were also holding a second man, 32, provisionally.
A search for possible accomplices continued, they added.
The suspect was arrested in Sulzbach, Saarland, shortly after 17:00 and will be brought before an investigating judge in Kaiserslautern on Tuesday.
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