The CFO of the green power company Innogy was seriously injured in the attack.
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Haan, Brussels Around three and a half years after the acid attack on Innogy’s CFO at the time, Bernhard Günther, investigators arrested a man on suspicion. The responsible public prosecutor in Wuppertal announced that the man was burdened with a DNA trace.
The suspect, a 41-year-old Belgian, was reportedly arrested last Tuesday in the Belgian province of Limburg. The suspect’s DNA profile matched a DNA trace found at the crime scene.
In March 2018, after a jogging session with friends, Günther was attacked by two men near his home in Haan near Düsseldorf and acid was poured on his face. The then 51-year-old was able to save himself badly injured home. Although his life and eyesight were saved in an emergency operation, he remained badly marked. At the time, the attack shocked the German economy in particular. There had been no similar assassination attempt on a German manager before.
In October 2019, the investigations by the Wuppertal public prosecutor’s office and the Düsseldorf homicide commission had already led to an arrest. At that time a suspect was arrested in Cologne. But it was difficult to prove it.
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In the course of the ongoing investigation, the indications of another person involved in the crime who is resident in Belgium have now been announced by the investigators. The Belgian investigative authorities were therefore asked to help. After a European arrest warrant was issued, the suspect is currently in custody in Belgium. A short-term delivery is intended. The extensive investigations, in particular the evaluation of seized evidence, continued.
The authorities currently do not want to provide any further information “for tactical reasons”.
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