Man in Germany charged with paying for fake hitmen to kill love rival

The suspect allegedly decided in February to kill the man’s partner, prosecutors said in a statement. They said he registered with a site on the darknet – a part of the Internet accessible only through specialised anonymity-providing tools – that appeared to arrange contract killings. — Pixabay

BERLIN: A man has been charged in Germany with attempted incitement to murder after allegedly paying thousands of dollars in a series of attempts to engage a contract killer to slay the partner of a man he desired, only to discover he had been defrauded by a darknet website.

Berlin prosecutors said on Sept 1 they had indicted the 28-year-old, who was arrested in April.