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| Fourth arrest over student murder | Fourth arrest over student murder |
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| A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy. | A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy. |
| Police arrested 21-year-old Rudy Hermann Guede, who is a national of Ivory Coast, in western Germany. | Police arrested 21-year-old Rudy Hermann Guede, who is a national of Ivory Coast, in western Germany. |
| He faces charges over the murder and sexual assault on 1 November of the 21-year-old student, who was found with her throat cut the following day. | He faces charges over the murder and sexual assault on 1 November of the 21-year-old student, who was found with her throat cut the following day. |
| Three others are being held, including the American roommate of Miss Kercher, who was from Coulsdon, London. | Three others are being held, including the American roommate of Miss Kercher, who was from Coulsdon, London. |
| Police identified Mr Guede as a suspect on Monday, but said they thought he had already left the central Italian city of Perugia, where the murder took place. | |
| He was arrested in Germany by Interpol on an international warrant. | |
| Two other men and a woman are being held over the murder of the Leeds University student, whose body was found in her bedroom in a pool of blood. | |
| Police do not believe the murder was premeditated, but they allege each of the suspects played a role. | |
| Prosecutors believe she was killed after refusing to take part in an extreme sex game. |