Freital (dpa/sn) - After the death of a 22-year-old in Freital (Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district), the public prosecutor and the police are investigating a 16-year-old on suspicion of manslaughter. The accused is accused of stabbing the 22-year-old in the stomach with a knife on the evening of January 27, according to the authorities. The crime happened in a park or in the immediate vicinity.
According to the information, the 22-year-old died at or near the scene of the crime, he was discovered lifeless in the park on the morning of January 28. According to the information, the accused, a German, turned himself in to the police. According to the current status of the investigation, the existence of a self-defence situation cannot be ruled out, it said. There is therefore only an initial suspicion, so that the conditions for issuing an arrest warrant are not met, as it was said.
The public prosecutor's office did not provide any further information on the background and referred to the ongoing investigations.
