Man killed family, then self, over faked vaccine pass -German prosecutor

A forensic expert searches for evidence outside a family home after German police found two adults and three children shot or stabbed to death in Senzig, a town south of Berlin, Germany, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Mang

BERLIN (Reuters) - A man who killed his wife and three young children before taking his own life had faked a vaccination certificate and feared his children would be taken away from him when the forgery was discovered, a German prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Police found two adults, both 40, and three children aged four, eight and 10 dead from gunshot wounds in a family home in Koenigs Wusterhausen south of Berlin on Saturday.