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An Iraqi refugee named Ali Bashar, who allegedly raped and strangled a Jewish teenager from Mainz, fled with his family from Germany. The man, who went to the country following the announcement of the "open borders" policy, reportedly has a criminal record, being suspected of several other offenses.
Iraqi refugee Ali Bashar, the main suspect in the rape and murder of 14-year-old Susanna F. in the German city of Mainz, has been "arrested by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq at the request of German federal police", according to German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer. The prime suspect of the crime, which shook Germany, fled the country with his parents and siblings before local police could detain him. The alleged perpetrator was suspected along with a 35-year old man of Turkish decent soon after the body of the victim was discovered. The latter was detained, but cleared of suspicions and released some time later, while Bashar managed to go on the run.
The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that Bashar could not be arrested because he went underground a few days ago. He has reportedly returned to Iraq with his family of eight, flying home via Turkey. The media reports that false papers were used. This, however, hasn't been confirmed. Police have said that the fugitives managed to fly from Duesseldorf although names on their papers and airline tickets didn't match. According to the authorities, only photos on the identity documents.
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