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Tuesday September 16, 2008
CannibalismSatanism:
Nikolai Ogolobyak The three girls and one boy, all described as Goths and aged 16 and 17, were allegedly forced to drink alcohol by the gang before they were attacked.

The killers then allegedly lit a bonfire under a tree near their cottage in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, 300 miles north-east of Moscow, where they cooked and ate their victims’ body parts.
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Wednesday January 9, 2008
CannibalismChristopher Lee McCuinReligious Insanity:
The man accused of murdering his girlfriend, mutilating her body and possibly participating in cannibalism is telling investigators that “God told me to do it.”
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Thursday August 24, 2006
Cannibalism:
Oklahoma Man Accused of Killing Girl, Planning to Eat Her Flesh Faces 1st-Degree Murder Charge
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Tuesday May 9, 2006
Cannibalism:
The German cannibal killer Armin Meiwes was sentenced to life in prison today, as a court overturned his earlier eight-year sentence for killing and eating the computer engineer Bernd-Jurgen Brandes in 2001.
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Monday April 10, 2006
Cannibalism:
Two Hindu priests have been arrested on charges of eating vital organs from the corpse of a child in the belief they would gain supernatural powers, Indian police said today.
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Wednesday January 11, 2006
Cannibalism:
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who killed and ate a willing victim faces the prospect of a stiffer sentence at a retrial starting on Thursday for a crime that continues to horrify and enthral.
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Monday August 8, 2005
Cannibalism:
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Fear grips residents of remote villages in the boundary of Jose Abad Santos town in Davao del Sur province and Glan town in Sarangani province after the leader of a cult allegedly involved in cannibalism managed to elude arrest.
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Wednesday June 29, 2005
Cannibalism:
A mother of two has celebrated 15 years living among a tribe of cannibals who regard women's breasts as a delicacy.
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Friday January 30, 2004
Cannibalism:
KASSEL, Germany - A German who confessed to killing, dismembering and eating another man who allegedly agreed to the arrangement over the Internet was convicted Friday of manslaughter and sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison.
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Cannibalism:
The verdict in the trial of self-confessed German cannibal Armin Meiwes is to be delivered on Friday.
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Cannibalism:
Armin Meiwes is, on the surface of things, an attractive, well-dressed, and amiable 42-year-old German.
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Cannibalism:
KASSEL, Germany (CNN) --A five-judge panel is expected to rule on Friday in the murder trial of a German who confessed to killing and eating a man he met over the Internet. CNN's Senior International Correspondent Walter Rodgers explains the background to the case.
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Wednesday January 21, 2004
Cannibalism:
Immigration officials doubt claim made by many Nigerian refugees
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Cannibalism:
No evidence of foul play
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Tuesday January 13, 2004
Cannibalism:
KASSEL, Germany (AP) -- A German engineer killed by another man after allegedly answering Internet ads seeking a willing victim for "slaughter and consumption" never expressed any desire to die, his former partner told the self-confessed cannibal's murder trial.
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Tuesday January 6, 2004
Cannibalism:
KASSEL, Germany (AP) -- Investigators found hundreds of violent and pornographic images on the computer of a German information technology expert who confessed to killing a man and eating his flesh, an official testified at his murder trial Monday.
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Wednesday December 17, 2003
Cannibalism:
Kassel - A court in Germany, trying a self-confessed cannibal for murder, has heard evidence from a cook who allowed himself to be hung on a meat hook - with choice cuts marked out on his body.
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Cannibalism:
Forensic and toxicology experts told a German court that the victim of an act of cannibalism was still alive - but probably drugged - when his alleged killer was carving him up before administering the fatal knife wounds.
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Cannibalism:
KASSEL, Germany -- A hotel worker told a German court Monday how he was chained to a bed by a self-confessed cannibal and had his body marked out for butchery before changing his mind and being released.
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Tuesday December 9, 2003
Cannibalism:
KASSEL, Germany -- A German computer expert who has confessed to killing an Internet acquaintance and eating his flesh testified at his murder trial yesterday that he subsequently sought more volunteers to share the same fate.
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Cannibalism:
Video images of mutilation and execution flickered in a darkened German courtroom yesterday, as cannibal Armin Meiwes’s grisly home movie was played for the first time.
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Cannibalism:
The detective who investigated Germany's infamous cannibal case told a court yesterday that he had stumbled upon a vast cannibal scene in Germany - involving several dentists and other professionals.
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Thursday December 4, 2003
Cannibalism:
Convicting a German cannibal of murder may be difficult as the victim offered to be 'dined upon'
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Cannibalism:
He trawled the internet to find a man who asked to be eaten. Now the former computer expert is telling his story in court
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Cannibalism:
Armin Meiwes, the German who is standing trial for eating an acquaintance, has advised others not to follow his example.
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