Suspect in German rape-murder arrested in Iraq: Berlin

Handout picture released on June 7, 2018 by the Police of Wiesbaden shows Iraqi asylum seeker Ali Bashar, 20, suspected for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman, after sexually assaulting her.
Germany was outraged June 8, 2018 by the escape of the failed Iraqi asylum seeker suspected for the rape and murder of the teenage girl, which raised questions over failings in immigration and police services. / AFP PHOTO / Polizei Wiesbaden / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / POLIZEI WIESBADEN”” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

BERLIN, Germany (AFP)- An Iraqi failed asylum seeker wanted over the rape and murder of a teenage girl in Germany has been arrested in Iraq, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Friday.

Ali Bashar, 20, who is believed to have strangled Susanna Maria Feldman, 14, after sexually assaulting her, was “arrested by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq at the request of German federal police”, said Seehofer.

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