Germany: Man leaves severed head on steps of court building after body dumped near river

Police said the detained man is known to officers, particularly for narcotics crime

A man has been arrested after a severed head was left on the steps of a court in Germany.

Eyewitnesses called police early on Tuesday evening after spotting the man placing the body part outside the main entrance to Bonn district court.

German police said a body they believe to belong to the severed head was found a few hundred metres away near the Rhine River.

The suspect, a 38-year-old man from Bonn, was arrested after being found near the court building.

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Police said the detained man is known to officers, particularly for narcotics crime.

The victim has not yet been identified but is thought to be a 44-year-old man, according to German newspaper General Anzeiger.

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