German Man Leaves Wife's Severed Head at Gas Station

HAMBURG, Germany - A 40-year-old German man who claimed he was mentally ill decapitated his wife and then showed up at a gas station on Monday carrying her severed head, police said.

Officers went to the man's nearby home, where they found the rest of the woman's body and their two young daughters.

The man, whom police did not identify, had left the head in the snow by the Hamburg gas station in the working-class suburb of Harburg, police spokeswoman Karina Sadowsky said. He then asked an attendant to call the police, and confessed to the killing, she said.

"The 40-year-old appeared confused and said that he had killed his wife," Sadowsky said.

A motive was not immediately known, Sadowsky said, adding that the man did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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