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Five-year-old child dead – Police say the arrested 19-year-old has a connection to the girl

A few hours after the death of a five-year-old in Berlin, the search for clues continues in the Pankow public park.

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Five-year-old child dead – Police say the arrested 19-year-old has a connection to the girl

A few hours after the death of a five-year-old in Berlin, the search for clues continues in the Pankow public park. On Wednesday morning, the site on a hill in the park was cordoned off even more extensively than during the night, as a dpa reporter observed on site. Numerous police officers secured the area and secured traces.

However, more details about the alleged crime became known. The girl found on Tuesday evening had "at least one stab wound", said a police spokesman on Wednesday morning. He did not initially give any further details. A spokesman had previously said on Tuesday that the child had injuries "where you have to assume that it is a homicide, where that is in the room".

According to a police spokeswoman, the suspect was arrested near the scene. The 19-year-old was caught on Tuesday "at the edge of the park" where the girl was also found. "If the suspicion is confirmed, he should be brought before a magistrate today," the spokeswoman continued.

The exact background of the crime is still the subject of the investigation. The relationship between the German-Turkish suspect and the victim was also checked. The arrested 19-year-old has a connection to the girl, who has German-Polish-Turkish nationality, the spokesman said.

According to the police, the five-year-old girl disappeared around 3 p.m. while playing in Paulepark, about 400 meters away. Whether the girl ran away or was kidnapped is also still under investigation.

The RBB had previously reported on the search for the girl. Accordingly, the police were on Tuesday with a large contingent in Pankow. According to RBB, almost 100 emergency services and a helicopter were looking for the girl at times.

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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