Investigations after the death of CDU MP Strenz: autopsy results are now available

In March 2021, the CDU politician Karin Strenz died on a flight back to Germany.

Third-party debt can now be ruled out.

Schwerin - More than five months after the death of the CDU member of the Bundestag Karin Strenz from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the public prosecutor's office has suspended the death investigation.

There is "no evidence of third-party debt," said the Schwerin public prosecutor on Wednesday.

Karin Strenz: CDU politician dies on a flight to Germany

The information provided by the Irish authorities did not provide any such indications either.

The investigators therefore assumed a natural cause of death.

Strenz collapsed in the plane on the return flight from Cuba to Germany in March of this year.

Despite an emergency landing in Ireland, the 53-year-old could no longer be rescued there.

The politician from Lübz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009.

Karin Strenz: Connections to Azerbaijan

At the beginning of 2020 there were searches of the CDU politician and a former CSU parliamentarian in connection with the flow of money from the authoritarian ruled Azerbaijan.

At that time, the Frankfurt public prosecutor spoke of around four million euros that had flowed through British mailbox companies and Baltic accounts between 2008 and 2016.

It was investigated for bribery and money laundering.

In addition, there was suspicion of corruption.

There was even a raid on Strenz and other Union politicians.

Despite the allegations, Strenz remained a member of the Bundestag, but she no longer wanted to run for the upcoming Bundestag election in September *.