Internet photos investigated

BONN - German authorities are investigating a series of 12 grisly photos posted on the Internet that show a man and a women sawing…

BONN - German authorities are investigating a series of 12 grisly photos posted on the Internet that show a man and a women sawing the head and other body parts off a corpse, Munich police said yesterday. Text accompanying the pictures said they showed a crime committed in the US in the early 1980s. The couple was supposedly convicted for shooting and dismembering the victim.

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