2012-06-06 11:45
Video suggests suspect ate parts of body
Montreal Police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere said that although police have not been able to conclusively confirm it, they suspect Luka Magnotta did eat parts of the body. ``As gross and as graphic as it could be, yes, it was seen on the video,'' Lafreniere said. Magnotta, 29, was arrested in Berlin while reading about himself at an Internet cafe on Monday after an employee recognized him from a newspaper photo and flagged down a police car. A copy of the video viewed online by The Associated Press did not show anyone eating the body but did show a man using a fork and knife on it. Magnotta appeared before a German judge in the afternoon and was ordered held pending extradition, police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said. He was then transferred to a Berlin prison from a police detention center. He will have to go before a German court for an extradition hearing once Canada formally requests that he be returned for trial, Neuendorf said. ``I assume there will be no problems,'' he said. ``According to his statements to prosecutors he will not fight his extradition.'' That means Magnotta could be returned to Canada as early as this week, according to authorities. The Canadian Embassy in Berlin declined to comment on when Ottawa may file the official papers seeking extradition. Magnotta arrived in Berlin on Saturday on a bus from the French capital, Paris, said Martin Steltner, a spokesman for Berlin prosecutors. He would not elaborate on what Magnotta did in Berlin between his arrival and the time of his arrest, citing the ongoing investigation. |
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