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Child corpse found in abduction suspect’s car

Berlin police have arrested a man believed to be linked to the abduction of Mohamed Januzi, a refugee child missing since early October. The body of a child was found in the man's car.

Child corpse found in abduction suspect's car
Images of Mohamed (l) and his alleged abductor (r). Photos: Polizei Berlin

“In the Mohamed case we've arrested a 32-year-old suspect. In his car, we found the body of a child,” Berlin police tweeted on Thursday.

Just one day earlier, police had released CCTV images of the alleged abductor captured in the northern Berlin district of Moabit.

Officers had been walking around the area showing the photos to passers-by in case anyone could identify the suspect.

Two anonymous individuals had offered €5,000 each to anyone coming forward with information about the man leading to his arrest.

It is not yet clear whether the alleged man gave himself up or was captured by officers.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the child's identity and the cause of death will be confirmed by an autopsy later on Thursday.

SEE ALSO: Police hunt suspect after refugee child snatched

FAR-RIGHT

Germany issues entry ban to Austrian far-right activist Sellner

Radical Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner has been banned from entering Germany, it emerged on Tuesday, days after he was deported from Switzerland.

Germany issues entry ban to Austrian far-right activist Sellner

Sellner, a leader of Austria’s white pride Identitarian Movement, posted a video of himself on X, formerly Twitter, reading out a letter he said was from the city of Potsdam.

A spokeswoman for the city authorities confirmed to AFP that an EU citizen had been served with a “ban on their freedom of movement in Germany”.

The person can no longer enter or stay in Germany “with immediate effect” and could be stopped by police or deported if they try to enter the country, the spokeswoman said, declining to name the individual for privacy reasons.

READ ALSO: Who is Austria’s far-right figurehead banned across Europe?

“We have to show that the state is not powerless and will use its legitimate means,” Mike Schubert, the mayor of Potsdam, said in a statement.

Sellner caused an uproar in Germany after allegedly discussing the Identitarian concept of “remigration” with members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) at a meeting in Potsdam in November.

Reports of the meeting sparked a huge wave of protests against the AfD, with tens of thousands of Germans attending demonstrations across the country.

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Swiss police said Sunday they had prevented a hundred-strong far-right gathering due to be addressed by Sellner, adding that he had been arrested and deported.

The Saturday meeting had been organised by the far-right Junge Tat group, known for its anti-immigration and anti-Islamic views.

The group is also a proponent of the far-right white nationalist Great Replacement conspiracy theory espoused by Sellner’s Identitarian Movement.

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