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German police investigate discovery of limbless torso

The discovery of a mutilated woman’s corpse in Füssen has unsettled residents of the idyllic alpine town as local police search for the missing arms, legs and head.

Bavarian police said Tuesday they have no leads in the case or hints about the identity of the woman. The body, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered Sunday by a mushroom hunter in a wooded area outside of town. A Munich forensic specialist later identified the body as female.

“The poor woman was probably just dumped here,” said town official Andreas Rist, who couldn’t recall a similar crime in the town, which is famously located near the fairy tale-inspired Neuschwanstein castle.

The police said they have assigned over 50 officers to the search for the woman’s remains and the Criminal Investigation Department has assembled a 20-person task force. The police assume the body was mutilated to make identification difficult.

A 13-year-old boy told police he saw a man acting strangely Saturday evening near the area where the body was found. When the man noticed that he was being watched, he fled into the forest, according to the police.

The wooded area is used as a shortcut for children on their way to school and is also popular with local joggers and dog walkers. “I’m not afraid but I’m upset,” said one woman riding her bike in the area Tuesday. “I often go for a walk there or ride through on my bike.”

The Schwaben-Süd police department in Kempten said it is following up a number of leads already phoned in by residents.

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Two Ukrainians killed outside shopping centre in Bavaria

Two men were killed in front of a shopping centre in Murnau, a town in the Bavarian district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on Saturday.

Two Ukrainians killed outside shopping centre in Bavaria

A 36-year-old man died from his injuries at the scene, while a 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he later died, police said on Saturday evening.

Both of the victims were Ukrainian citizens who lived in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, police said.

The same evening, police arrested a 57-year-old suspect – said to be a Russian national – who lives near the crime scene.

The 57-year-old is now being investigated on suspicion of murder.

“The exact course of events, background and motive are now the subject of the criminal investigation,” the police said.

The public prosecutor’s office has applied for a warrant for the suspect’s arrest.

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