Overview

• Police detained the man in Münster on Wednesday evening after circulating photos and a video in a public search.
• Investigators link him to the August 21 rape of a 56-year-old employee at a massage salon in Münster-Mauritz.
• He is also suspected in the September 24 rape of a 53-year-old in Greven following a meeting arranged via an online sexual-services portal.
• In the Greven case, police say the victim was threatened with a machete and a pistol, then bound and robbed of valuables.
• At the time of arrest, authorities report he possessed a loaded blank-firing pistol and a hunting knife.