RIO DE JANEIRO: According to Brazilian police, a German ambassador was detained on Saturday allegedly allegedly killing her husband at their home in a posh the city of Rio neighbourhood and then attempting to cover it up.
German consul Uwe Herbert Hahn reportedly told authorities that Belgian national Walter Henri Maximilien Biot had been unwell, collapsed, and struck his head fatally, according to police.
Analysis of the corpse and the couple’s residence in the Ipanema neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, they claimed, revealed that Biot had been brutally battered.
The 14th police precinct of Rio de Janeiro stated in remarks shared on social media that “the version of events presented by the consul, that now the victim experienced a Several bruises, notably on the torso, associated with stomping traumas as well as lesions compatible with a striking with a cylindrical object were found, she added. This contradicts the findings of a forensics investigation, which state that the victim fell.
The precinct’s Instagram account shared images of what looked to be blood stains just on floor and furnishings of the couple’s flat, along with a caption reading, “The cadaver is crying out the conditions of its death.”
According to Brazilian media sources, considering the nature of the offence, Hahn would not be granted diplomatic immunity. A request for information from the police did not initially receive one.
According to local media accounts, Hahn, who had engaged to Biot over 20 years, attempted to tidy up the scene of the death before police came and then admitted to drinking excessively and abusing sleeping pills to the authorities.
