Police have detained a man for allegedly chopping up a German drama teacher
and dumping his body parts in a suitcase because he refused to pay for gay
sex, a judicial source said Thursday.
Mustapha Maher, who works for a
pharmaceutical company, allegedly confessed to killing the unnamed teacher
after a suitcase containing the remains was found on a rocky plateau near
Cairo, the source said.
Police were able to identify the victim and the alleged perpetrator because
the dead man, who taught at a German school in Cairo, had been packed into
the case along with his mobile phone.
Maher was detained on Dec. 27 shortly after the bloody baggage was found and
allegedly said he committed the crime because the German refused to pay the
agreed sum for sex.
He allegedly said he dissected the body and dumped it on the desert plateau
in the hope it would not be found. Maher was ordered held for 45 days
pending an investigation of the case, the source said.
