Bodies of three people killed by crossbow discovered in hotel room

A man and two women have been found dead in a hotel room with their bodies impaled with crossbow arrows.

German police are investigating the mysterious deaths after hotel staff discovered their bodies, along with two crossbows, in Passau, Germany.

Police said the three victims, who were found on Saturday, were a 53-year-old man and two women aged 33 and 30, all of them German citizens.

They said it is not clear what their relationship was, what happened inside the hotel room or how exactly the three died.

Detectives have ordered autopsies on the bodies to find out more.

Hotel staff in Passau found the bodies (Picture: ullstein bild via Getty)