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German cannibal sought new victim, first one nearly eaten
Kassel (Germany), Dec 08: A German cannibal on trial for murder said today that he had been searching the internet for another person to eat when he was arrested for consuming his first allegedly willing victim.
Kassel (Germany), Dec 08: A German cannibal on trial for murder said today that he had been searching the internet for another person to eat when he was arrested for consuming his first allegedly willing victim.
Months after killing, dissecting and eating a man he met via the internet, Armin Meiwes wrote in an e-mail to a friend: "I hope I will soon find another victim, the flesh has almost all gone."
Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer technician, told a court in Kassel, central Germany, that his first victim, whom he claims volunteered to be killed, had "disappointed me in many ways". The man, a 43-year-old Berlin engineer named Bernd-Juergen Brandes, had lied about his age, claiming in e-mails to be 36, and did not want to try to get to know Meiwes better before his planned death, the accused said. Meiwes denies murder, insisting Brandes was a willing accomplice. "I saw the killing as helping him, helping him to die, helping him to kill himself," he said. "That is a taboo for which I must justify myself before god and the whole world." He said he wished he had seen a psychologist about his cannibal fantasies, "then things wouldn't have gone so far." Explaining the later e-mail, he said: "it was still my wish to slaughter a human, in other words, to dissect a body." His plan, he added, was to share the final remains of his previous victim with his next one before proceeding to the killing.
Bureau Report
Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer technician, told a court in Kassel, central Germany, that his first victim, whom he claims volunteered to be killed, had "disappointed me in many ways". The man, a 43-year-old Berlin engineer named Bernd-Juergen Brandes, had lied about his age, claiming in e-mails to be 36, and did not want to try to get to know Meiwes better before his planned death, the accused said. Meiwes denies murder, insisting Brandes was a willing accomplice. "I saw the killing as helping him, helping him to die, helping him to kill himself," he said. "That is a taboo for which I must justify myself before god and the whole world." He said he wished he had seen a psychologist about his cannibal fantasies, "then things wouldn't have gone so far." Explaining the later e-mail, he said: "it was still my wish to slaughter a human, in other words, to dissect a body." His plan, he added, was to share the final remains of his previous victim with his next one before proceeding to the killing.
Bureau Report