Crime: Teenager found dead at Cologne harbor

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Teenager found dead at Cologne harbor

Investigations at the site where the body was found. photo

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There is said to have been an argument in front of a restaurant. The body of a 15-year-old was discovered a few hundred meters away. Two suspects were identified.

At the harbor in A 15-year-old was found dead on a headland in Cologne on Sunday morning. His body showed signs of violence, the public prosecutor’s office and police in Cologne said. The investigators arrested two 18 and 20 year old men in Cologne-Mülheim as suspects. They are said to be responsible for the death of the 15-year-old.

During the night there is said to have been an argument in front of a restaurant a few hundred meters away from the harbor basin. The 18 and 20 year old men are said to have threatened a man, presumably the later victim, and forced him to come along. No further details about the background were initially given. A murder squad is investigating.

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