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Chemnitz (dpa / sn) - After the death of an 89-year-old in Chemnitz, her husband has to be in custody.

A police spokesman said on request on Saturday that an arrest warrant had been issued against the 84-year-old.

The man is in a correctional facility.

The woman was found dead on Friday morning in her apartment in Chemnitz-Markersdorf by employees of a nursing service.

Public prosecutors and police are investigating suspected homicide.

An autopsy should now provide information about the circumstances of death.

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