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Police operation in Großröhrsdorf last week after the death of a 16-year-old
Photo: Tino Plunert / dpa
A 16-year-old was killed by an unknown person in the Saxon town of Großröhrsdorf last week.
Now the police have arrested a suspect.
It is a 15-year-old from Großröhrsdorf, as announced by the public prosecutor and the police in Görlitz.
The investigation focused on the victim's environment, it said.
In this context, the young person is under suspicion.
Search the suspect's home
The 15-year-old's apartment was searched in the morning.
He is to be brought before an investigating judge.
Officials found the young person seriously injured in a garage complex in the city east of Dresden on September 15 after a tip was given.
She was reanimated but later died in hospital.
The autopsy of the victim revealed that the woman succumbed to her stab wounds.
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