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Cloppenburg (dpa / lni) - During the investigation into a homicide in Cloppenburg, the suspect has not yet commented on the matter.

"He was brought before the court, he did not give any information there either," said a police spokesman in Cloppenburg on Monday.

The 30-year-old man is said to have killed his 27-year-old wife and their six-year-old son with a knife on Saturday.

The man is currently in a mental hospital.

On Saturday afternoon, the police found the 27-year-old woman and the six-year-old dead in an apartment.

The suspect husband had called the police himself via the emergency number.

He was arrested by the officers without resistance.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210201-99-252051 / 2

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