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Decapitated head of Swedish journalist Kim Wall found

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Swedish journalist Kim Wall. Photo: AP
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Danish police said on Saturday divers had found the head and the legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who died in mysterious circumstances on an inventor’s home-made submarine.

Peter Madsen has been charged with killing the Swedish journalist who disappeared after she went on a trip with him in his submarine on August 10.

Madsen, a Dane, was arrested after his submarine sank and he was rescued.

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Police identified a headless female torso that washed ashore in Copenhagen later in August as Wall’s, but the cause of death has not been determined.

Photo said to show Kim Wall standing next to a man accused of killing her on the private submarine UC3 Nautilus on August 10, 2017 in Copenhagen Harbour. Photo: AFP
Photo said to show Kim Wall standing next to a man accused of killing her on the private submarine UC3 Nautilus on August 10, 2017 in Copenhagen Harbour. Photo: AFP
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Madsen has said Wall died in an accident when she was hit by a heavy hatch cover on board his submarine, after which he “buried” her at sea. But police said 15 stab wounds were found on the torso found at sea off Copenhagen on August 21. Her arms are still missing.

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