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Body parts suspect Luka Magnotta arrested in Germany

12:34 pm - 06/04/2012


Canadian murder suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta has been arrested in Berlin.

Magnotta is wanted by Montreal authorities on first-degree murder and other charges, including threatening Canadian politicians.

He is suspected of killing Jun Lin – a 33-year-old Chinese university student with whom he had a relationship – filming the attack and mailing the victim's dismembered body parts to Canadian political parties.

German police Chief-Supt. Stefan Riedlich told CBC News that Berlin authorities arrested Magnotta in an internet café Monday at 2 p.m. local time.

"As far as I know he was arrested alone, and there was no struggle," Riedlich said.

Magnotta is being held at the Berlin prison and is expected to be brought in front of a judge on Tuesday.

Magnotta, dubbed the "Butcher of Montreal" by European media, was spotted in Paris on the weekend, at a local café and in a hotel.

Victim went missing May 24

Parts of Lin's remains were discovered last week after they were sent to the federal Liberal and Conservative parties in Ottawa.

His torso was also found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a trash pile behind the suspect's apartment. Montreal police believe Lin was killed sometime in the evening of May 24 or early May 25. A video that apparently captured some of the act was posted to an online gore site on May 25.

Montreal police said Magnotta left the city on an international flight on May 26. According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, Magnotta arrived in France at Paris's Roissy airport the same day.

Interpol issued a notice about Magnotta to 190 countries on Thursday.

Montreal police are calling it one of the largest manhunts in their history.


CBC.ca

ETA: Article at the source has been updated with more information since I submitted the post.
brookiki 4th-Jun-2012 06:13 pm (UTC)
No, it's real. I was Googling to verify it because I was hoping that it wasn't true and it was just a hoax. What's really disturbing is that people are also posting reaction videos, reviews, and discussions of it on Youtube. I really hate the world sometimes.

ETA: I hope it goes without saying that I didn't actually watch the video or click on any of the Google results.

Edited at 2012-06-04 06:18 pm (UTC)
door 4th-Jun-2012 06:18 pm (UTC)
Right there with you. WTF??
mirhanda 4th-Jun-2012 06:49 pm (UTC)
WTF?!? Disgusting.
christoph 4th-Jun-2012 07:02 pm (UTC)
It is so bothersome that people are treating this horrific murder of an innocent person by a deranged maniac as if it were everyday cheap entertainment. It seems like barely anyone is taking it seriously because they're too caught up in the "zombie apocalypse" sensation that the whole thing becomes some kind of joke to them.
cinnamontoast 4th-Jun-2012 07:35 pm (UTC)
It doesn't seem real. Not many people encounter violent death in real life. They see it all the time in various forms of entertainment though.

A lot of people online participated in the search for him. Especially the ones who'd been tracking him since the kitten vids. They genuinely wanted to help the cops find him. They tracked down his accounts at various web sites, especially YouTube. It was pretty cool to watch so many people leap into action. The police should use crowd sourcing when they can. Especially for asshats like this one.

I'm angry as hell because this guy should have been wearing ankle bracelets a long, long time ago.
alryssa 4th-Jun-2012 08:45 pm (UTC)
oh my god what

oh my god

oh my GOD

zemi_chan 5th-Jun-2012 12:57 am (UTC)
Response videos and commentary??? That's beyond despicable.
lickbrains 5th-Jun-2012 09:12 am (UTC)
omfg. I'm not desensitized enough to be able to do that. No one should be. Discussion is fine but it's not entertainment; this is real life shit. Some people, I swear.
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