After the death of a 17-year-old in Bielefeld, the police arrested an urgent suspect. A judge issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for an 18-year-old captured the day before, the police and prosecutors said. The alleged perpetrator is said to have tried to rob the 17-year-old at a tram stop. In the dispute, he stabbed the victim several times and injured him fatally.
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The 17-year-old had collapsed on the street on the night of May 1 with several stab wounds and later died in a hospital. On Friday, witnesses reported that they had observed the dispute and recognized the alleged perpetrator.
Investigators tracked him down in an apartment in Bielefeld and arrested him. The 18-year-old is known to the police because of various violent crimes. So far, he has not commented on the allegations. The murder weapon had not been found at first.
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