Erfurt – A family of four was found dead in the Weimar Land in Thuringia. A 49 -year -old police officer is said to have killed his wife, the two children together and themselves. According to the police, the corpses in the house and on the private property had been discovered in the morning and had all gunshot wounds. The 49-year-old was a police officer of the state police department, it said in a joint message from the police and the public prosecutor.