Two people dead in murder-suicide in Hamburg - police

"We are treating it as a murder-suicide based on what we know. The investigation continues." Several streets were closed to traffic and pedestrians due to a large deployment of officers. (Writing by Joseph Nasr, editing by Madeline Chambers)

A man and a woman were found dead in Hamburg on Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide, a police spokesperson in the northern German city said.

"We have no indication whatsoever that this it was in any way linked to political violence," the spokesperson said. "We are treating it as a murder-suicide based on what we know. The investigation continues." Several streets were closed to traffic and pedestrians due to a large deployment of officers.