The top suspect in the 2007 disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann is under investigation after an altercation with police officers in northern Germany.
Christian Brueckner, named as a suspect in the Madeleine case but never charged, was involved in a ‘physical attack’ on law enforcement officers in the city of Kiel on June 6, police confirmed.
The magazine Der Spiegel reported that Brueckner, 49, got into a tussle with police outside a supermarket after taking photos of the officers with his mobile phone.
The officers objected to being photographed and Brueckner, who has multiple previous convictions for sexual offences as well as other
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