The former dwelling of a German cannibal has been destroyed in a fireplace, police say.

Armin Meiwes was convicted virtually 20 years in the past of homicide and disturbing the peace of the useless, with each crimes having been dedicated on the half-timber home.

The explanation for the in a single day fireplace within the German city of Rotenburg an der Fulda will not be clear, however police stated they aren't ruling out arson, in response to information company dpa.

The home had been empty for years.

The city's mayor, Christian Grunwald, stated he hoped its destruction would cease individuals visiting the location.

He stated: "The ruin must be removed permanently. It must not become a pilgrimage site."

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Meiwes, a former laptop technician, was arrested in December 2002 over the dying of Bernd Juergen Brandes.

He claimed Mr Brandes had answered his web submit in search of a younger man for "slaughter and consumption" and that he needed to be stabbed to dying after ingesting a bottle of chilly medication to assist him lose consciousness.

Meiwes captured the killing on video.

In 2004, he was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for eight and a half years in jail however, following an enchantment by prosecutors, was given a life sentence for homicide in 2006 after a retrial.

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