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The bones were found in this area of woodland in Berlin's northern suburbs

Police have arrested a man suspected of sexually-motivated murder and

cannibalism aer a victim's bones were found in a park in northern Berlin.

Forensic experts determined that the bones were the remains of a 44-year-old
man who went missing two months ago.

Sniffer dogs led police to the suspect's Berlin apartment, German media
reported. He is reported to be a 41-year-old maths teacher.

People strolling in the park in Buch found the bones on 8 November.

A policeman told the Berlin daily BZ that one bone was "totally devoid of
flesh" and there were other indications "which make us strongly suspect that
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flesh and there were other indications which make us strongly suspect that
Stefan T was the victim of a cannibal".

The suspected killer - named only as Stefan R - had visited "relevant internet
chatrooms", Germany's DPA news agency reported. It is customary under
German privacy laws not to reveal surnames in police investigations.

AFP

Sniffer dogs reportedly played a key role in locating the suspect (archive pic)

Stefan T, an electrical engineer, le his flat just before midnight on 5

September and was later reported missing by flatmates.

German media are comparing this case with that of Armin Meiwes, a German
cannibal jailed for life in 2006. He was found to have met his victim in an
internet chatroom for people interested in cannibalism. He filmed the murder,
and prosecutors said it revealed that Meiwes, 44, had killed his 43-year-old
male victim for his own sexual pleasure.

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Reports say the Berlin victim lived in this block of flats in Lichtenberg

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