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Microgavage of Zebrafish Larvae
Published on: February 20, 2013
[Cannibalistically intended homicide following a media report]
Ingo Wirth1, Andreas Schmeling, Sven Hartwig
1Fachhochschule der Polizei des Landes Brandenburg, Oranienburg.
Abstract:
Inspired by media reports on the cannibalistically motivated homicide in Rotenburg (German state of Hesse), a man in Berlin with homosexual tendencies decided to realize his longstanding fantasies of slaughtering someone. He killed another homosexual man and dismembered his victim, while the motive changed from an offensive and necrophile to a defensive dismemberment of the body. The parallels between the two homicides are presented and discussed.
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