Germany: Open Borders Activist Believed Murdered, Moroccan Truck Driver Arrested

A Moroccan truck driver has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a German woman known for her activism on behalf of migrants.

Sophia Lösche, 28, has been missing for a week since she embarked on a hitchhiking journey in Germany.

Police now suspect that she was murdered, and an international manhunt has led to the arrest of a 40-year-old Moroccan man who is said to have picked her up at a truck stop in Leipzig.

The man was reportedly traveling to Morocco when he was apprehended in Spain.

While German media has reported on the Lösche mystery at length, it appears that fewer outlets are reporting the identity of the suspect.

"Only smaller, regional newspapers are reporting about it," notes Freie Welt. "This could be related to the fact that Sophia Lösche was active in the political left-wing spectrum and that a possible crime against a migrant supporter by possibly a migrant would be extremely dramatic."

Lösche is affiliated with the pro-migrant group "No Borders Kitchen," which works with migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, where thousands have landed after crossing the Mediterranean Sea to...Read More HERE