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A careless burglar in Germany left behind a vital clue at a break-in when he sliced off the end of a finger and left it behind, police said on Monday.
10月30日，德国警方对外界公布了一桩离奇的案子，该国中部城市希尔德斯海姆发生了一起入室行窃案，但窃贼却为警察留下了一个关键的线索。
"We usually find fingerprints at the crime scene, but it's not every day that thieves leave the original there too," said a spokesman for police in the central town of Hildesheim.
窃贼在破窗而入时不慎将自己一根手指指尖切了下来且留在了现场。警方因此得以“顺藤摸瓜”将其擒获。“我们经常能够在犯罪现场找到罪犯遗留下来的指纹，但窃贼们将手指扔在那里的情况却着实不多见，”该市警方的一位发言人表示。
Police wasted no time in matching the piece of finger with existing prints they had from a 15-year-old of Iraqi origin.
警方不费吹灰之力便找到了凶手。他们通过指纹比对发现，在警察局档案中保存的一名现年15岁的伊拉克移民的指纹与遗留在现场的那根手指尖的指纹完全吻合。
The youth initially denied breaking and entering into an office to steal a computer but confessed when police produced the digital remnant, which had been severed on a broken window.
这个年轻人一开始对自己闯入当地一家办公室内并偷走一台电脑的行为矢口否认，但在警方向他展示了其被碎窗户玻璃割断的那截手指后，此人立即对相关犯罪事实供认不讳。
"I don't know if the fellow asked for it (the fingertip) back afterwards," the police spokesman said.
“我不清楚这个家伙以后是否打算把自己的那段手指要回去。”那位警方发言人说。 |
