'Killer cannibal' arrested at Portuguese airport

‘Killer cannibal’ is arrested at Portuguese airport with ‘suspicious meat’ in his suitcase feared to be the remains of his VICTIM

• Begolea Fernandes, 25, is suspected of killing a 21-year-old man in Amsterdam
• He was arrested at Lisbon airport and ‘suspicious meat’ was found in his suitcase
• Authorities are now analysing the meat to see whether it is human remains 

Police have arrested a suspected cannibal killer and are investigating whether ‘suspicious meat’ found in his suitcase are the human remains of his alleged victim.

Begolea Mendes Fernandes, 25, was detained at Lisbon Airport after arriving on a flight from Amsterdam earlier today.

He is suspected of killing a 21-year-old called Alan Lopes in the Dutch capital on Sunday.

The contents of his luggage, said to include meat detectives fear could be human, are now being analysed at a specialist lab.

Begolea Mendes Fernandes, 25, is suspected of killing a 21-year-old called Alan Lopes in the Dutch capital on Sunday

Dutch police have confirmed Lopez was the victim of a ‘serious violent crime.’

Portuguese press have said investigators suspect the killer committed cannibalism.

The suspect held at Lisbon Airport was on a stopover and going to board a flight to Belo Horizonte in his homeland of Brazil.

He is now under police arrest at Santa Maria Hospital in the Portuguese capital and is expected to face extradition to Holland.

A spokesman for the Portuguese Borders and Immigration Service said: ‘A 26-year-old man suspected of murder in the Netherlands was arrested at Lisbon Airport on Monday.

‘He was wearing clothes with blood on them and had a package containing pieces of meat.

‘He was held at the airport’s border control after the authorities became suspicious about the legality of the Italian ID card he presented.

‘He was initially detained over suspicions he was travelling on falsified documents before it was subsequently discovered he was suspected of committing a homicide in the Netherlands the day before.’

Fernandes was detained at Lisbon Airport (pictured) after arriving on a flight from Amsterdam

The murder victim was found dead at the house he shared with relatives including his mother and two sisters.

Respected Portuguese daily Jornal de Noticias reported he may have the victim of cannibalism.

A spokesman for Dutch police said: ‘On Monday afternoon a 25-year-old man was arrested at the airport in Lisbon in collaboration with the Portuguese authorities and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.

‘The man is suspected of having been involved in the death of a 21-year-old man who was found in a home on Vegasstraat in North Amsterdam on the evening of Sunday February 26.’

The investigation continues. 

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