Teacher arrested in Berlin on suspicion of cannibalism
- Police investigate ‘sexual murder’ after human bones stripped completely of flesh were discovered in German suburb
- Officers found medical bone saw in suspect’s cellar, along with 25kg (55lbs) of chemical ‘suitable for dissolving human tissue’
German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found human bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb.
Berlin prosecutors said Friday they are “investigating at full speed to shed light on the sexual murder with suspicion of a cannibalistic background”.
The suspect was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the September disappearance of a 44-year-old man in the German capital.
Police did not name the suspect, but the Bild daily identified him as Stefan R, a high school maths and chemistry teacher.
Officers combing the suspect’s home found a sack truck and a medical bone saw in his cellar, along with 25kg (55lbs) of sodium hydroxide, “a caustic soda suitable for dissolving human tissue”, an investigator told Bild.