Four members of Liechtenstein family found dead


A flag of Liechtenstein flutters in front of the Vaduz Castle near Vaduz, Liechtenstein, March 3, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ZURICH, Dec ‌25 (Reuters) - Two men and two ‌women from Liechtenstein found dead this ‌week all belonged to one family, police said on Thursday as they investigate the ‍unusual case in the ‍tiny Alpine principality.

Local ‌police said the body of a 41-year-old ‍man ​was found on Wednesday on the Swiss side ⁠of the bank of the Rhine ‌next to Vaduz, Liechtenstein's capital.

He turned out to ⁠be ‍a senior employee of the municipality of Triesen, south of Vaduz, who ‍had been suspended a ‌few days earlier due to irregularities in the accounts, police said.

Police later found the bodies of a 73-year-old man and two women, aged 68 and 45, in a Vaduz apartment. ‌These were the municipality worker's parents and sister, police said. Autopsies are underway ​to establish what caused the four deaths.

(Writing by Dave Graham; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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