Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams yesterday said he was unable say if an official request was made to the German authorities for assistance in the chopping deaths of two of their nationals. Speaking with the media at a town meeting in Brasso Seco, Williams said he could not speak on that or whether the Germans decided on their own to assist.
On Tuesday, Dr Michael Freudenberg, Charge d’Affaires of the German Embassy, said German officials were deliberating whether to send officers. When contacted yesterday Freudenberg said no decision had been made. Asked about the claims that the Kiels killing was a hate crime, Williams said at this stage in the investigation he could not say that.
On Saturday, the bodies of German nationals, Hubertus and Birgid Keil, were found on Minister’s Bay, Bacolet. They were chopped to death. The couple lived alone at Bacolet Crescent and had been holidaying on the island for the past 20 years during the winter months. Williams has appointed a special team of investigators to probe the murders.