Schleswig-Holstein
Body found at the leisure pool: police arrest 17-year-old
The man’s body was found near the parking lot of a leisure pool (symbol image)
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On Saturday night, police found a male body in Kaltenkirchen, Schleswig-Holstein. Now a 17-year-old has been arrested.
After a body was found in Kaltenkirchen, Schleswig-Holstein, a 17-year-old is in custody on suspicion of manslaughter. The officers found the male dead on Saturday night near a leisure pool parking lot Police announced on Monday. After indications of an incident in Uetersen in the Pinneberg district, the Itzehoe criminal police took over the investigation and arrested the underage suspect. The “Bild” newspaper previously reported on the discovery of the body.
Police are looking for witnesses
On Sunday, at the request of the public prosecutor, the Itzehoe district court issued an arrest warrant against the 17-year-old on strong suspicion of manslaughter. There are indications that the victim’s time of death may have been in the days before the body was found and that the crime could have taken place in Uetersen, a spokeswoman for the Itzehoe police department told the newspaper star. The identity of the victim has not yet been clarified. The police did not provide any further information, citing the ongoing investigation and the personal rights of the young suspect.
The investigators are looking for witnesses who made suspicious observations between Tuesday and Saturday in the Uetersen area or in the parking lot at the thermal baths in Kaltenkirchen.