A German is hiding in the Philippines because he is said to have brutally murdered his cousin with a samurai sword. For about nine years he won the cat-and-mouse game with the police. Now he is arrested.
A German wanted for murder has been caught in the north of the Philippines. The 42-year-old was arrested at the end of January at his home in Benguet province, about 200 kilometers north of the capital Manila, according to the Southeast Asian island state's immigration office.
According to the investigation, the German had been in the Philippines since July 2014 after the Braunschweig District Court issued an arrest warrant against him. The man is suspected of killing his cousin with a samurai sword and stealing valuable items from his home before fleeing the scene.
"The German authorities later found out that he had fled to the Philippines," said spokesman Rendel Ryan Sy, head of the responsible search unit. "Records show he last arrived in the country on July 12, 2014 and has not left since." The suspect will be deported to Berlin and banned from returning to the Philippines, it said.
