Two police officers were fatally injured by gunfire during a traffic check in western Germany in the early hours of Monday, according to local police.
The officers from the police department in the small town of Kusel had been on a routine patrol, police in the nearby city of Kaiserslautern said.
The shots were fired during a traffic check on district road number 22 in the village of Ulmet at approximately 4:20 am (0320 GMT).
The police officers were able to send a radio message themselves, a police spokesperson said.
When reinforcements arrived at the scene, it was too late for the 24-year-old policewoman and her 29-year-old male colleague.
Police said that the search for the perpetrators was under way. Evidence has been secured at the scene of the crime.
A description of the perpetrators or the used escape vehicle was not available, and it is unclear in which direction they escaped.
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District road 22 is fully closed near Mayweilerhof and Ulmet, police were asking residents not to pick up hitch-hikers in the district of Kusel, at least one suspect is armed.
