Bodies of five children have been found in an apartment in Germany. Their mother, who is suspected of their murder, tried to kill herself, police said.

“The mother threw herself in front of a train in Duesseldorf and is badly injured. At the moment she is being treated in hospital,” police spokesman Stefan Weiand said. “There is one more child that survived.”

Police received a tip-off at 1:45 p.m. that five children were dead in the apartment in Solingen, Weiand said.