２０２０年９月４日（Fri.） 悲しいニュースが流れています（ドイツでのことです）。（ニュースソース： The Liberal.ie ９月３日発 ）
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Five young children found dead in Germany today were reportedly killed by their mother, who then attempted suicide
（抜粋）ドイツで今日、５人の若い子供が死んでいるのが発見されました。伝えられるところによると、母親に殺されたもので、その母親は自殺を試みたのです。
Five young children found dead in Germany today were reportedly killed by their mother, who then attempted suicide.
The grim discovery was made this afternoon inside an apartment in the German town of Solingen, about 60 miles away from Cologne.
The mother, believed to be aged 27, was found about 20 miles away from the apartment. She reportedly attempted to take her own life but failed.
The children ranged in ages between 1 and 8.
（超抜粋）残酷な事件は本日（９月３日）の午後に発見されました。ドイツの街ゾーリンゲンのアパートの中でのことです。ゾーリンゲンはケルンからおよそ60マイル離れたところにあります。
母親は27歳と考えられています。そして、彼女はアパートから20マイルほど離れた場所で発見されました。伝えられるところによりますと、彼女は自殺を試みましたが失敗しました。また、子供たちの年齢は１歳から８歳の間です。
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無理心中を試みたと考えられますが、奪われた5人もの幼い尊い命を考えると涙が出て来そうです。尚、他のサイトの記事によると、母親は列車の前に飛び降りて自殺を図ったようですが、失敗したと伝えています。相当な辛い事情があったことは想像に難くありませんが、大切な幼い命は、何が何でも護るのが親の責務であると思量します。
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Authorities have discovered the bodies of five children in an apartment in the west German town of Solingen, but have yet to comment on the cause of death. Police intend to question the children's 27-year-old mother.
German police have said the bodies of five children were found dead in an apartment block in Solingen, near Cologne, on Thursday. The children are believed to be three girls aged 1, 2 and 3, and two boys aged 6 and 8 years old.
Officials told German news agency dpa that the children's grandmother contacted police just before 2 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) to report the deaths. The authorities have since managed to contact the children's father.
"The cause of death is to be determined through investigations and autopsy," said police spokesman Stefan Weiand.
There were early reports that medication was used in the children's deaths. Weiand said "we are investigating in that direction."
North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul told dpa that the children's 27-year-old mother jumped in front of a train in Düsseldorf, which is just northwest of Solingen, in the early afternoon. According to a spokesperson with the fire department, the woman was found between two track beds and taken to a hospital.
"A mother is suspected of killing 5 of her children in this apartment block in Solingen, western Germany, before heading to Düsseldorf, where police say she tried to end her life," DW's Jessie Wingard tweeted from the scene.
A neighbor told DW that the community was in "shock."
"We never thought this could happen, not here," she said.
'Very tragic situation'
"We are assuming there was a criminal offense and will question the mother but she is not fit for questioning at the moment," said Weiand. "We do not know exactly what happened yet, only that it was a very tragic situation."
"The family drama in Solingen fills me with great sadness, and at the moment I am sending my thoughts and prayers to the five children who were torn from life so terribly early," said Reul.
One of the mother's other children, an 11-year-old boy, has survived and was with relatives.
Local resident have been leaving candles, toys, and flowers at the front door of the apartment block.
Solingen is just under 14 miles (22 kilometers) southeast of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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ゾーリンゲンは刃物で有名なNRW州の街でもあります。また、2013年に長期滞在した農場と同一州内での事件なので、他人事（ひとごと）とは思えない感もあります。
何れにしても、護るべき対象は、全力で護り通すのが親の務めでしょう（言うまでもなく）。
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一方、日本では、この猛暑の日中に自家用車内に幼い子供二人を残した母親がいたそうです。報道によると、酒を飲んでいたとのことで、子供二人は熱中症で亡くなってしまったそうです。こんな親がいるんですね〜！ やはり、愚かしいヤカラは、一定の割合で存在するようです、これが実態でしょう、残念ですが・・・。
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