A 21-year-old Ukrainian scholar who had just lately handed all her exams was strangled to loss of life by a fellow Ukrainian, who then lied about discovering her physique when he went to go to her, police say.
The sufferer, recognized solely as Mariia, was discovered useless in a room on the Mlada Garda scholar dormitory in Bratislava, Slovakia, on June 3.
She was considered a high scholar, had just lately handed all her exams, and had a shiny future forward of her after finding out for a yr on the Slovak College of Know-how (STU), which owns the dormitory the place she died.
Cops now say the male scholar who reported her loss of life to the police has been charged together with her homicide after allegedly admitting to the killing.
The suspect, recognized solely as Volodymyr, 22, will be seen on video in police custody as he's led again to the dormitory to be questioned about what occurred. Native media reported that the sufferer's fellow college students and the employees on the dorm had been in a state of shock.
STU spokesperson Juraj Rybansky mentioned: "The case is being investigated by the police, who will present further data. STU deeply regrets the incident and expresses its honest condolences to the bereaved."
Slovakian Police for the Bratislava Area mentioned in an announcement: "An investigator from the legal police division of the Regional Directorate of the Police Power in Bratislava introduced prices of a very critical homicide crime in reference to the discovering of the physique of a 21-year-old lady, whose lifeless physique was discovered on Friday (June 3, 2022) in a dorm on Racianska Avenue."
The police added: "In accordance with the proof secured to date, the accused man grabbed the younger lady's neck with each palms and began strangling her shortly after 12 midday on June 2, 2022. Because of this, the girl suffered accidents that led to her loss of life.
"The suspect turned himself in to the police division on Wednesday (June 8, 2022), the place he confessed to committing the act.
"For that reason, the investigation of the case was taken over by cops of the Legal Police Division of the Regional Directorate of the Police Power in Bratislava, who intensively proceed the investigation and supply the mandatory proof on this regard.
"The case was registered instantly by the members of the District Directorate of the Police in Bratislava III on June 3, 2022, after the notification of the discovering of the girl's physique, and on the similar time legal proceedings had been initiated on the identical day within the matter of the offense.
"After performing the mandatory procedural acts and bringing prices, the person was positioned in a police detention cell. On this context, the investigator of the Bratislava Regional Legal Courtroom additionally ready a movement to prosecute the accused man."
The investigation is ongoing.
Slovakian Police for the Bratislava Area mentioned in an announcement that Volodymyr faces 15 to twenty years in jail if he's convicted.
This story was offered to Newsweek by Zenger Information.
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