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Police officers search for a missing man in Berlin, Germany, earlier this month.
German prosecutors say there is evidence of “cannibalism” in the murder of a 44-year-old man whose remains were found in the far north of Berlin earlier this month.
A 41-year-old man was arrested Thursday (local time) on suspicion of sexually motivated homicide at his home near the site where the victim’s bones were found.
“The suspect had an interest in cannibalism,” said Berlin prosecutor’s spokesman Martin Steltner. The Associated Press.
“He searched the topic online.”
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Steltner said it was unclear if the victim also had an interest in cannibalism.
The two men, both German, had contacted online, he said.
None of their names were released, for privacy reasons.
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A sniffer dog searches for the 44-year-old victim earlier this month.
In 2006, a German court convicted Armin Meiwes of murder and disorderly conduct for killing a man he had met online and eating him.
Meiwes is currently serving a life sentence.
In 2015, a German police officer was convicted of murder for killing a man he met on an internet chat forum dedicated to cannibalism.
Prosecutors said the victim had fantasized about being eaten, but there was no evidence that the suspect actually did.
