German prosecutor in McCann case starts new rape investigation


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: A man walks next to the apartment where three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, in Praia da Luz, Portugal, June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

HAMBURG (Reuters) - A German prosecutor trying to build a case against a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal said on Tuesday he had opened an investigation into a reported rape of a young woman in the same area in 2004.

The investigation into the girl's disappearance 13 years ago is now focused on a 43-year-old German identified as Christian B., named by the prosecutor in June.

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