After the violent deaths of two men in Hanover, police have arrested a 21-year-old. The young man is suspected of fatally wounding the two 45-year-old men with a stabbing weapon, the police said.

According to previous findings, the suspect attacked the two men at different locations in the northern part of the city – but the crime scenes were only a few hundred meters apart. The two 45-year-olds died from their injuries. After an intensive search, the officers also arrested the 21-year-old in the northern part of the city and searched his apartment.