Overview
- Police in Dortmund opened a homicide investigation after a 49-year-old man who ran Oriental Gourmet was found dead inside the restaurant.
- An autopsy confirmed a violent death, prompting the creation of a specialized murder commission, known in Germany as a Mordkommission.
- Detectives asked anyone who visited Oriental Gourmet on March 31 or the opposite Merkur Spielhalle on March 31 or April 1 to contact the Kriminalwache at 0231/132-7441.
- A woman discovered the body at Lindenhorster Straße 163a, and investigators have not announced a suspect or a motive.
- Local coverage also noted a recent, separate body recovery from a canal in North Rhine-Westphalia as regional context.