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In the Oder-Spree district, between the towns of Coschen and Breslack, the body of a 25-year-old Iraqi was found on Tuesday.
The rescue control center had previously received an emergency call from an Arabic and English speaking man who urgently needed help for a friend.
As the police announced on Wednesday, the officers found a group of seven people in the forest at the specified location near the German-Polish border.
A dead man was also discovered.
After the death of the refugee, a police homicide squad in Frankfurt an der Oder in Brandenburg started investigations into the cause of death.
The police are also investigating suspected illegal entry.
Apparently the group wanted to apply for asylum in Germany.
According to the information, the dead could be identified by his passport.
An autopsy should now provide further information on the cause of death.
Refugees, most of them from the Arab region, have been trying harder to get to the EU via Belarus for months.
They also use the route via Poland to Germany.
The governments of Germany and Poland are accusing the Belarusian ruler, Alexander Lukashenko, of bringing refugees from crisis regions to the EU's external border in an organized manner.
Lukashenko announced at the end of May that he would no longer prevent refugees from continuing to travel to the EU - in response to tightened Western sanctions against his country.
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