Police officers found a dead woman in an asylum centre in Middle Franconia on Sunday afternoon. A 35-year-old suspect was arrested, as the police reported in the evening.
According to the report, the man came to the Treuchtlingen police station in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen at around 3 p.m. and stated that he had killed a woman in a flat of the shared accommodation nearby.
In fact, officers found a dead woman there a short time later. According to the investigators, she had “injuries which indicate a violent crime”.
The background to the crime is still unclear. According to the police, it is not yet clear what the relationship between the two was.
The public prosecutor’s office in Ansbach has filed a request for arrest against the Ethiopian national. He is to be brought before the investigating judge on Monday.
An autopsy will be made of the body on Monday to determine the cause of death and the identity of the victim.
