A mum suspected of killing five of her children left her eldest son on a train before trying to kill herself, it has been reported.
The 27-year-old woman, named as Christiane K in German media, is suspected of killing five of her six children in Solingen. The children are three girls aged one and a half, two and three years old, and two boys - Luca, eight, and Timo, six.
Police believe that they were killed with some kind of pills, RTL reported. Their bodies were found in the family's flat in Solingen by police.
A sixth child, 11-year-old Marcel, rode on a train with his mother following the killings, RTL reported. She got off at Düsseldorf Central Station and threw herself onto the tracks, police have said.
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