Man carrying severed head through town arrested
Reuters
Posted May 6 2003, 2:17 PM EDT
AACHEN, Germany - Police arrested a German man on suspicion of murdering his sister-in-law Tuesday after he was spotted carrying her severed head through the streets of a town near the Dutch border.Police received several calls after passersby saw the 24-year-old walking with a blood-soaked knife and the head under his arm in the town of Uebach-Palenberg, near Aachen, public prosecutor Robert Deller said.
After arresting him, police discovered the decapitated corpse of his 25-year-old sister-in-law in the man's apartment.
Deller said the motive was not clear. It was also not known why the man was walking through town with the head.
Reuters
Posted May 6 2003, 2:17 PM EDT
AACHEN, Germany - Police arrested a German man on suspicion of murdering his sister-in-law Tuesday after he was spotted carrying her severed head through the streets of a town near the Dutch border.Police received several calls after passersby saw the 24-year-old walking with a blood-soaked knife and the head under his arm in the town of Uebach-Palenberg, near Aachen, public prosecutor Robert Deller said.
After arresting him, police discovered the decapitated corpse of his 25-year-old sister-in-law in the man's apartment.
Deller said the motive was not clear. It was also not known why the man was walking through town with the head.


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