He kills his friend and eats his corpse...a horrific crime that shakes Germany
The accused covers his face during his trial session.
A teacher is on trial in Germany for murder and eating the body of his mechanic friend, and Western newspapers described the accused as a "cannibal", and German authorities found parts of the victim's body in various parts of Berlin.
The accused, identified as "Stefan R" (41 years), faces accusations that he killed the victim, "Stefan T", (43 years), and some of the victim's remains and bones were found in a park in the north-eastern district of Bankow and other parts of Berlin.
The police dogs led the investigators to the apartment of the accused, and the police found in the apartment traces of blood, more remains and a set of work tools suspected of being used in the horrific crime that shook Germany, and the trial is expected to continue in the Berlin State Court until mid-October.
According to several foreign newspapers and websites, including the "Daily Mail", "The Guardian", and "ABC News", the friendship broke out between the killer and the victim in an online chat forum, and prosecutors stated that there was no indication that the victim agreed to the killing. And that the killer cut the body of his friend in his apartment in Berlin and distributed it throughout the city.
Police searched for Stefan T after he disappeared for weeks, before some meatless bones were discovered in a forest in northern Berlin and the alleged perpetrator was tracked down with the help of sniffer dogs.
Investigations revealed that the suspect had searched for content related to cannibalism on the Internet, and answered questions from others about whether it was possible to survive the amputation of one of the body parts.
The meatless bones found have raised suspicions that the bones had been removed on purpose, and a German police spokesman said: "Because of the completely meatless bone, and other evidence, we strongly suspect that Stefan T. was a victim of a cannibal."
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