Berlin - Police searching a home of the
German co-pilot who officials say appears to have deliberately crashed a
plane into the French Alps said on Friday they had seized evidence but
no "smoking gun".
Officers combing through a flat kept by Andreas
Lubitz in the western city of Duesseldorf said they had seized "various
items and papers", police spokesperson Marcel Fiebig told AFP.
"We
will see whether this will explain what happened - everything is being
examined," he said, adding that there was no "smoking gun" to shed light
on a possible motive.
Duesseldorf prosecutors have opened a
parallel inquiry to the main investigation underway in France as many
among the 150 crash victims were from the German region.
Also read: Co-pilot was 'very happy' with Germanwings job
Lubitz, who local authorities say was 27, spent most of his time at his parents' home in the small western town of Montabaur.
That
upscale residence on a quiet leafy street was also cordoned off by
police Thursday and searched as camera teams massed outside.
Men wearing gloves came out carrying briefcases, bags and boxes, an AFP journalist reported.
The
city's public prosecutor said in a written statement that searches in
Duesseldorf and other places were aimed at "the discovery and securing
of personal documents" to help clarify the situation.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Drop your Comments Here