German police seek fugitive Iraqi over killing of girl, 14

Via Washington Post

BERLIN — German authorities investigating the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl said Thursday they are seeking a fugitive Iraqi asylum-seeker and have arrested a Turkish man in the latest high-profile case involving migrants.

The body of the girl, who had been missing since May 22, was found Wednesday on the outskirts of the western German city of Wiesbaden.

Prosecutors said two men — a 20-year-old Iraqi and a 35-year-old Turkish citizen, both of whom lived at homes for asylum-seekers in the city — are suspected of raping and killing the girl on the evening she went missing. They believe the two then buried her body.

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