In August 2021, citizens found body parts near Gornau in the Ore Mountains. The police took up the investigation and searched for a 48-year-old suspect with an international arrest warrant. Now he has been arrested in Turkey.
Almost half a year after the discovery of body parts in the Ore Mountains, a 48-year-old man has been arrested in Turkey. The man is suspected of having killed and dismembered a fellow countryman in Chemnitz. According to investigators, he then dumped the body parts at various locations.
He was therefore wanted on an international arrest warrant. Ingrid Burghart, spokeswoman for the Chemnitz public prosecutor’s office, said on Thursday that a notification had now come from Turkey that the arrest had been made. This had previously been reported by German broadcasters MDR and Bild.de.
At the end of August, police had found body parts in a field near Gornau on the federal highway 174 and on the suburban railway S232 near Weißbach, following hints from citizens. According to forensic medicine, the deceased is a 48-year-old man who was last seen in his social environment at the end of July 2021 and had been considered missing since then.
According to investigators, he was killed by his compatriot in a Chemnitz flat at the end of July. So far, no information has been given on the possible motive; the investigation is for manslaughter.
According to Burghart, it is uncertain whether Turkey will extradite its citizen to Germany. If so, the case could be handed over to the Turkish authorities for prosecution in his home country.