Body of Chinese student found in German river
Man arrested over death of 26-year-old whose body was pulled from the river after a search by divers and helicopters
A man has been arrested after the body of a Chinese student was found in a river in Germany, police said.
The body of the 26-year-old Jena University student from Shanxi province surnamed Liu, was found in the Saale which flows through the city in the eastern province of Thuringia on Tuesday.
Earlier that day a 23-year-old Vietnamese man went to police and told them that the Liu had been killed at the weekend, according to a statement posted by Thuringia police on Facebook.
The student’s body was found in the river later that day following a two-hour search by helicopters and divers, the force said.
The Ostthuringer Zeitung reported that the arrested man was a classmate of Liu’s.
The Jena Chinese Students and Scholars Association reported the case to the Chinese Consulate in Germany.
The consulate issued an official statement online indicating that they have dispatched a team to Jena to follow the police investigation and will be handling contact with the family of the victim.