ZURICH, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Police on Wednesday discovered the bodies of two men and two women believed to belong to a single family from Liechtenstein, authorities in the tiny Alpine principality said.<\/p>\n
Local police said at around 10:30 a.m. (0930 GMT), the body of a 41-year-old man from Liechtenstein was found on the Swiss side of the bank of the Rhine next to Liechtenstein’s capital Vaduz. The cause of death was unclear, Swiss police said.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n Subsequent investigations led police to an apartment in Vaduz where they discovered the bodies of a 73-year-old man and two women, aged 68 and 45.<\/p>\n According to initial findings, the three were the parents and sister of the 41-year-old man, Liechtenstein police said in a statement. What caused their deaths is still being determined, a spokesperson for Liechtenstein police said.<\/p>\n The state police’s criminal investigation department is investigating the deaths with a large deployment of officers.<\/p>\n “The investigation is proceeding in all directions,” the police statement said. “There is no danger to the public.”<\/p>\n Writing by Dave Graham; Editing by Chris Reese<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n