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Body of Hajar found in suitcase in water, police looking for man seen with her

The body of a 29-year-old woman named Hajar was discovered in a suitcase in the Amstel river in Amsterdam last Friday. Police suspect foul play and are searching for an unidentified man seen with the victim near the RAI shortly before she went missing on October 4.

The body of 29-year-old Hajar was discovered inside a suitcase in the Amstel river near Amsteldijk in Amsterdam last Friday. Police are currently treating the death as a crime but have yet to determine the exact circumstances or location of her passing. Hajar was last seen alive on October 4 in the vicinity of the RAI convention center in Amsterdam-Zuid, where she was spotted departing on a bicycle alongside an unidentified man toward the Buitenveldert area. Detectives are currently working to establish a timeline of events and have appealed to the public for assistance in identifying the man or providing any relevant security footage from that period. Authorities have also questioned local residents near the Martin Luther Kingpark regarding any suspicious activity involving a suitcase in recent weeks. The victim is described as being between 1.65 and 1.70 meters tall with curly black hair, and she was last seen wearing a leopard-print dress and white New Balance sneakers.

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