Posted on 03/20/2006 10:04:47 AM PST by Red Badger
A man is being held by German police after walking into a petrol station with his wife's severed head in a bag.
The 40-year-old man, of Turkish origin, was covered in blood when he approached the night counter at about 0400 GMT and asked the attendant to call the police.
Hamburg police said officers found the head in a bag on a grass verge and arrested the man, who was in a confused state and admitted killing his wife.
The body of the woman, aged 39, was found in their nearby flat.
Hamburg police spokeswoman Ulrike Sweden said the man seemed "a bit crazy" and may have to see a doctor before charges can be brought.
Daughters safe
She said police found a large knife in the flat in Eissendorf, in the south of the city.
"It seems he used the knife to kill his wife and cut off the head," she told the BBC News website.
The couple's two children - girls aged 13 and six - were found in the flat and taken into police care.
"It seems they didn't see the body or what was going on," the spokeswoman said. A motive for the attack is still unclear.
Both the man and his wife were of Turkish origin, with German citizenship.
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation.
That's no way to get ahead in life.
Its just a good muslim exercising his rights over his property..
That WILL leave a mark...
Mine too.
Paper or plastic?
Must be one of those crazy Amish religious nuts...
Start with the Koran? Just a wild-ass hunch here.
IDHTFTS
I'll say. Who walks to a gas station at 4:00 AM?
if a guy comes up to you at 0400 in the AM all covered with blood with a head in a bag and asks you to call the police - it sure sounds like a good idea to me!
He was left holding the bag...
And a German citizen as well.
One of those things that make you go "Oy!"
Beheading your wife? Wow, that'll get you 6 months of hard time in Germany! (Okay, 3 mos. if you're on good behavior)
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation.
Certainly. "Allah made me do it!"
Is that just a theory?
Of course there's a reasonable explanation... and as we discuss this we must be sensitive and tolerant due to the differences in culture...
I am sure he is just trying to get a-head in life...
It's in the Bag!
I wonder why they didn't specify? Almost certainly if he was a Christian we would have been told that.
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