Scott Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 A German diplomat in Rio de Janeiro, Uwe Herbert Hahn, was arrested on Saturday night in connection with the death of his Belgian husband, police said. Hahn said that his husband, Walter Biot, had died on Friday when he fell from their apartment in the Ipanema neighborhood after suffering a sudden illness. But police arrested him on suspicion of murder after their forensics found bloodstains in the apartment and the autopsy of Biot's body showed multiple wounds. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-08-07/german-consul-arrested-in-brazil-over-husbands-death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Diplomatic immunity been waved by the German government or does it not cover murder? I mean it shouldn’t but I though it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 9 hours ago, Bluespunk said: Diplomatic immunity been waved by the German government or does it not cover murder? I mean it shouldn’t but I though it did. I wondered about that, too. Diplomatic immunity is absolute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post terryq Posted August 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2022 It says he was a 'consul'. Under the Vienna convention consular immunity is not as extensive as full diplomatic immunity and might apply in this case. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, terryq said: It says he was a 'consul'. Under the Vienna convention consular immunity is not as extensive as full diplomatic immunity and might apply in this case. Thanks for the correction. Here's a link leading to further info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consular_immunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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