German prosecutors suspect suicide in death of suspended VW employee

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By:

JAN SCHWARTZ and LUDWIG BURGER

By:

Reuters

August 21, 2020 02:43 PM

FRANKFURT -- German prosecutors are treating the death of a man believed to have played a role in a dispute between Volkswagen and Bosnian supplier group Prevent as a likely suicide, they said on Friday.

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