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Terrorism

German sailor beheaded by Philippine Islamists

Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded the German hostage they were holding for ransom, the government in Manila said Monday.

Crime

Man who beheaded wife: 'I thought I was Jesus'

A Berlin man who beheaded his wife because he thought she was the devil and he was Jesus, appeared in court on Tuesday. He faces manslaughter charges and will likely be sentenced to an extended spell in a closed psychiatric unit.

Immigration

Tragedy draws Turkish 'Men Against Violence'

The killing of a mother-of-six by her mentally ill husband in Berlin this week prompted hundreds of men, mostly with a Turkish background, to gather at her house to speak out against domestic abuse. <b>Jessica Ware</b> went along.

Crime

Man who beheaded wife held in psych institute

A man who killed and then dismembered his wife, throwing some of her body parts off the roof of a building in central Berlin while their six children cowered in a nearby room, is to be held in a psychiatric institution.

Crime

Berlin man 'beheads wife'

A Berlin man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of killing his wife and cutting her body to pieces after a row in a flat where police later found six children, authorities said. Witnesses said they saw him throw her head from the roof.