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MONTREAL – Notes were included in mailed packages containing body parts afterthe videotaped killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student,police in Canada said Wednesday, but they would not give detailsbecause of fears of copycat crimes. The case spread to the other end of the country Wednesday as policesaid yet more body parts in packages mailed to two Vancouverschools, discovered Tuesday, are thought to be linked to the case.One contained what appeared to be a right hand. The other containedwhat looked like a right foot. Police said they were mailed fromMontreal, where the killing and dismemberment occurred. The suspect in the death of Jun Lin, 29-year-old Luka RoccoMagnotta, was arrested in Berlin on Monday and could be extraditedto Canada by the end of the week. The case has unfolded quickly since body parts were mailed lastweek to the headquarters of Canada's Liberal and Conservativeparties. A torso was found in a suitcase outside Magnotta'sapartment building. The head is still missing. Montreal Police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere said notes were included inthe packages addressed to the political parties. He said at leastone of the Vancouver packages also contained a note. He declined tosay whom they were addressed to or what they said. The suspectfaces a charge of threatening Canadian Prime Minister StephenHarper for sending the package to his party's office. Lafreniere said police don't know why the hand and foot were mailedto the Vancouver schools, though he confirmed that Magnotta eitherlived in the city or passed through there at one point. "They were the same limbs we were looking for," Lafreniere said.DNA tests will be conducted to determine if there is a match, hesaid. Investigators say Magnotta videotaped the killing and dismembermentin his apartment and posted it online. The video also shows thesuspect eating parts of the body, police said. A copy of the videoviewed by The Associated Press did not show anyone eating the bodybut did show a man using a fork and knife on it. Police suggestedthey have access to more extensive video of the killing, possiblyan unedited version. Magnotta was caught at an Internet cafe in Berlin after evadingpolice for days while he partied in Paris. He has told Germanauthorities he would not fight extradition. German authorities are waiting on Canada's formal extraditionrequest, Martin Steltner, a spokesman for Berlin prosecutors, saidWednesday. The Canadian Embassy in Berlin declined to comment onwhen Ottawa may file the official papers seeking extradition. Magnotta arrived in Berlin on Saturday on a bus from Paris andstayed with a friend, or someone he met on the Internet, for twonights before he was captured, Steltner said. Investigators inGermany were looking for more information on the person. Lafreniere said they saw video Wednesday that the suspect mighthave made while on the run. Lin's parents, meanwhile, arrived in Montreal from China lateTuesday and were expected to meet with investigators on Wednesday,said Zheng Xu, a press spokesman at the Chinese consulate. Cmdr. Denis Mainville, the head investigator of the Montreal policemajor crimes unit, said investigators will review hundreds ofhomicide cases over the last 30 years throughout Quebec for anypossible links to Magnotta. Mainville said such a review is routinein such cases. Meanwhile, DNA tests have confirmed that the body parts mailed tothe two political parties were Lin's remains, police said, and theyhave footage of Magnotta mailing the two parcels that were sent toOttawa. Police concerns about copycats grew Wednesday after a fake foot,made of rubber, was found in a Montreal street Wednesday morning.Lafreniere said it looked very realistic and probably had been usedin movie production. ___ Gillies contributed from Toronto. Associated Press writers PhilCouvrette in Ottawa, Ontario, David Rising in Berlin and JeremyHainsworth in Vancouver, British Columbia contributed to thisreport. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Crusher Spare Parts , Industrial Drying Equipment for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Textile Industry Machinery.
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