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Kim Wall: Severed head of Swedish journalist discovered after disappearance on Danish submarine trip | Kim Wall: Severed head of Swedish journalist discovered after disappearance on Danish submarine trip |
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The head of Swedish journalist Kim Wall has been discovered two months after she disappeared during a submarine trip in Denmark. | The head of Swedish journalist Kim Wall has been discovered two months after she disappeared during a submarine trip in Denmark. |
Ms Wall, a widely-travelled foreign correspondent, was allegedly murdered aboard a submarine owned by Danish inventor Peter Madsen in August. | Ms Wall, a widely-travelled foreign correspondent, was allegedly murdered aboard a submarine owned by Danish inventor Peter Madsen in August. |
Divers found her head, legs and clothes inside weighted plastic bags. | Divers found her head, legs and clothes inside weighted plastic bags. |
Copenhagen police investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said the body parts were found on Friday inside plastic bags, with a knife and "heavy metal pieces" to make them sink, near where Ms Wall's naked, decapitated torso was found in August. | Copenhagen police investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said the body parts were found on Friday inside plastic bags, with a knife and "heavy metal pieces" to make them sink, near where Ms Wall's naked, decapitated torso was found in August. |
Mr Madsen, who is in pre-trial detention, has said Ms Wall died after being accidentally hit by a heavy hatch in the submarine, but police have said 15 stab wounds were found on the torso found at sea off Copenhagen on 21 August. | |
A police spokesman told reporters in Copenhagen that there were no fractures in Wall's cranium. | |
Ms Wall's arms are still missing. | Ms Wall's arms are still missing. |
The cause of death has not been established. | The cause of death has not been established. |