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Riot police search the area around the corpse find near Bad Neustadt an der Saale
Photo: Daniel Vogl / dpa
On Monday, walkers discovered the body of a 26-year-old cyclist on a cycle path in the municipality of Bad Neustadt an der Saale in Lower Franconia.
Just hours later, two suspects, aged 18 and 21, were arrested.
Now a third alleged perpetrator has been taken into custody.
The 20-year-old is suspected of having participated in the killing of the victim by the two alleged main culprits, the public prosecutor and police announced on Wednesday in Würzburg and Schweinfurt.
All of the accused come from the personal environment of the victim and are now in custody.
The two main suspects are charged with murder, the third accused aiding and abetting manslaughter.
All three come from Bad Neustadt an der Saale.
According to the investigators, the background and motives of the crime were still unclear.
The same applied to the exact course of the crime.
The investigations were in full swing, the authorities said.
ala / AFP