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BERLIN - A Berlin burglar's break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police.
"He called to say he'd just broken into a flat and found a dead body," said a Berlin police spokeswoman said.
"He gave the address of the place and then hung up."
Officers discovered the 64-year-old resident of the flat dead in his bedroom.
The man had passed away about two weeks before, and authorities are not treating the death as suspicious.
The burglar has not been heard of since.
- REUTERS
