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Dead 5-year-old – Arrest warrant issued for 19-year-old suspect

After the violent death of a five-year-old girl in Berlin, an arrest warrant for manslaughter was issued against the 19-year-old suspect.

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Dead 5-year-old – Arrest warrant issued for 19-year-old suspect

After the violent death of a five-year-old girl in Berlin, an arrest warrant for manslaughter was issued against the 19-year-old suspect. This was announced late Wednesday afternoon by a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office. The young man was arrested on Tuesday evening on the edge of the Pankow public park. The missing girl had previously been found lifeless in the park. She was taken to the hospital by helicopter, but died there.

So far, the suspect has said nothing about the allegations. It has not yet been clarified whether the charge is manslaughter or murder. "A sexual motive does not play a role according to the current situation," said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office. This was also confirmed by the autopsy of the body. A homicide commission is investigating the motive for the crime and other background information.

The man is the child's babysitter. The 19-year-old took care of the family's four children on Tuesday afternoon in a playground in the northern district of Pankow, said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office. He then left when he was five. He said the reason was that the child had to go to the toilet. He asked other people to take care of the three other children. The German-Turk then came back without the girl and said he had lost her.

The alarmed police then started a large search operation with more than 100 officers and a helicopter. After a few hours, the lifeless girl was found a few hundred meters away in the Bürgerpark. It had at least one stab wound. A resuscitation was unsuccessful. The child was flown by helicopter to a hospital, where he died.

Shortly thereafter, the police arrested the 19-year-old babysitter. The mother of the killed girl and the mother of the babysitter are friends, the spokeswoman said.

According to the information, the victim has German-Polish-Turkish nationality. After the five-year-old died, people put up candles near where she was found, and a yellow flower and a small cuddly toy were discarded.

On Tuesday evening, the forensic technicians from the State Criminal Police Office began searching for clues in the specially illuminated park and continued on Wednesday. The site where the child was found on a hill in the park was still cordoned off over a wide area. Numerous police officers secured the area, forensic scientists were on site.

On Wednesday, dozens of police officers scoured the park in a broad formation from where the body was found in the direction of the playground. The murder weapon was sought and was believed to be a knife. The police searched bushes and leaves on the ground with sticks and rakes. Some police officers looked into the glass container. Police flew a drone over the scene to take aerial photos. The investigating authorities did not initially reveal whether the search was successful.

During the night, Berlin's governing mayor Franziska Giffey expressed her condolences to the relatives. "I'm shocked," wrote the SPD politician on Twitter. Her thoughts are with the little girl's parents and her loved ones. "It breaks my heart and I am deeply sad." The police are investigating at high pressure. The district mayor of Pankow, Sören Benn (left), tweeted: "It's so horrible,

Editor's note: At first it was said that the girl was four years old.

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