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By Ayhan Simsek
BERLIN (AA) - Two police officers were shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in southwestern Germany, authorities said on Monday.
The shooting occurred when the officers stopped a vehicle in the small town of Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate state in the early hours of Monday, local police said in a statement.
Those killed in the shooting were a 24-year-old policewoman and a 29-year-old policeman.
Launching an intense manhunt following the incident, German police eventually caught the two suspected perpetrators, police sources said.
*Contributed by Ahmet Gencturk