A 20-year-old man has been arrested over the horrific murder of Aiia Maasarwe. Local police, working in partnership with homicide detectives, moved on a man about 11.20am, two days after the killing of Ms Maasarwe, 21, at Bundoora. It is believed he was arrested in Greensborough, a suburb close to Bundoora. It is expected that the man will be questioned by detectives in the coming hours. The arrest comes after an intensive police investigation which began on Wednesday morning, when passers-by found Ms Maasarwe's body in shrubbery outside the Polaris shopping centre. Police believe she was attacked just after getting off a number 86 tram at a stop in Plenty Rd. Moments later, the killer pounced as she walked along nearby Main Drive, murdering her in a brutal onslaught. Aiia Maasarwe’s body was found near a Bundoora shopping centre on Wednesday. Aiia Maasarwe was known for her sense of adventure. The night before, Ms Maasarwe attended a comedy show at North Melbourne's The Comic Lounge and was believed to have boarded the tram at 10.50pm from Bourke St. Police believe she was attacked about 50m from a tram stop, but were unsure if she was stalked from the city or pounced upon after alighting. Authorities on Thursday released images of a hat and bloodstained Cotton On T-shirt believed to belong to Ms Maasarwe's attacker and also trawled through CCTV from multiple trams. Police have refused to go into specific details about how she died, but believe she may have been sexually assaulted. Police man tram stop on Plenty Road, Bundoora. Picture: Tony Gough The La Trobe University student was living her dream in Melbourne before her untimely death A vigil at Parliament House on Spring St is planned for Friday night at 6pm, with attendees asked to wear all-black outfits. After the vigil, mourners are encouraged to bring their flowers with them on the 8.01pm tram from parliament to Bundoora Park. Ms Maasarwe's father arrived in Melbourne on Thursday to identify her body. The Israeli Embassy said it was preparing to support the student's family and return her body for burial. A sign where tributes are being laid for Aiia. Picture: AAP<doc-sep>A 20-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection to the brutal death of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe in the Melbourne on Wednesday. The man, who was not identified by police but has been named by local media as Codey Herrmann, was taken into custody Friday morning in the neighboring suburb of Greensborough, Victoria Police said in a statement. "Homicide Squad detectives have arrested a man as part of the ongoing investigation into the death of Aiia Maasarwe,” police said. Officials did not say if any charges have been filed. No other details have been released by police. ISRAELI EXCHANGE STUDENT, 21, KILLED IN MELBOURNE WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH SISTER: POLICE Hermann is reportedly an aspiring rapper who went to school just minutes from where Maasarwe’s body was found days earlier. Maasarwe was killed around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday shorting after she got off a tram in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora. She was on a video call with her sister – who was abroad – when she was brutally attacked. Her body was found behind a hedge not far from the tram stop by passersby. She was less than a mile from her home. “Out of respect to the family, we’re not going into details of injuries and the nature of the assault,” Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said Thursday. “This was an absolutely horrendous, horrific attack inflicted on a completely innocent young woman who was a visitor to our city.” Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed that she had been raped. "I just want to begin by saying how devastated I am by the despicable, tragic and violent killing and rape of Aiia Maasarwe," Morrison told reporters in Fiji. "Every woman in Australia — every person in Australia — should be able to travel home in safety. I can't begin to think of what I could say to her family," he added. COMIC EURYDICE DIXON MOURNED IN AUSTRALIA AT PARK WHERE RAPE, MURDER OCCURRED Maasarwe was a student of Chinese and English studying at La Trobe University in Melbourne as an exchange student from Shanghai University in China. Her father, Saeed Maasarwe, arrived in Melbourne on Thursday to bring her body home. He cried Friday when he saw an impromptu floral memorial arranged by members of the public at the site where her body was found. “This is the last place my daughter – was here,” he said. “I had many dreams to be with her.” He added: “I feel very sad from one side but from another side when I hear this support and this help from the people, from the community, from the police, this makes the suffering feel at least a little more better.” Saeed joined the thousands of mourners during a vigil Thursday night on the steps of the Victoria state parliament in his daughter’s honor and in protest against male violence. He thanked the crowd for coming and said if someone else had died, his daughter would "be the first" to come to the vigil. "This is Aiia," he said before breaking down in tears. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Victoria Police released CCTV images of Maasarwe which shows the clothing she was wearing that night, in the hope someone saw her and can help police track her exact movements. Maasarwe’s death comes just six months after aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon was raped and killed on her way home from a comedy club last June in Melbourne. Melbourne is Australia’s second-largest city and draws more than 200,000 students from all over the world to study. Despite the two deaths, Melbourne is generally considered among the safest cities in the world. "It is a terrible tragedy," Victoria state Health Minister Jenny Mikakos, who lives in the Bundoora area, said. "As a government, we will do whatever is required to support this woman's family and friends and I extend my sympathy to her family and friends at this terrible, terrible time.”<doc-sep>
news, national, A 20-year-old man has been arrested over the brutal, opportunistic killing of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe in Melbourne's north. It is understood the young man was identified as a key person of interest after forensic tests were conducted on clothing dumped not far from the scene. "The 20-year-old was arrested in Greensborough by local police working in partnership with homicide detectives about 11.20am," police said in a statement. "Homicide squad detectives have arrested a man as part of the ongoing investigation into the death of Aiia Maasarwe." The alleged killer has been described by police as an "opportunistic" attacker, whose random crime was "absolutely horrific". It is believed he may have been left bloodied after the attack and also took several items from Ms Maasarwe's handbag. A distinctive black cap with the number "1986" and a two-tone grey Cotton On T-shirt, which police strongly suspect were dumped by the alleged killer after the attack, have been crucial to the investigation. The cap and T-shirt were found by police less than 100 metres from Ms Maasarwe's body. "Someone in the community knows about this. Someone has gone home on Tuesday night, or in the early hours of Wednesday morning, maybe with blood on them, missing items of clothing. Somebody knows about this," homicide squad Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said on Thursday. "Nothing in the victim's background indicates this was anyone known to her. So yes, unfortunately, the presumption at this stage is this was a random and opportunistic attack." Inspector Stamper would not say whether a weapon had been used in the murder, or detail the injuries to Ms Maasarwe's body out of respect for her family. The scene has been described by police sources as being "horrendous as you could get". Ms Maasarwe was on her way home from a gig at The Comics Lounge in North Melbourne and was speaking to her sister on the phone via FaceTime when she was attacked. On Tuesday night, she was with new friends at Flagstaff Gardens in the CBD to practise her English, before going to a gig at The Comics Lounge in North Melbourne. Ms Maasarwe was driven by friends from the comedy club to the CBD, where she caught the Route 86 tram from Bourke Street about 10.50pm. Detectives have released CCTV images of the young student leaving the comedy club late in the evening. She got off the tram at the Plenty Road stop near Main Drive, Bundoora, about 12.10am. It is the tram stop closest to her student accommodation near La Trobe University in Bundoora, in Melbourne's north. Ms Maasarwe was found unresponsive by window washers in a grass area outside Polaris shopping centre, 100 metres from the tram stop, on Main Drive, about 7am on Wednesday. Inspector Stamper said she was only about 1 kilometre from her home when she was attacked. He said "every available resource" was being poured into the investigation. The Age /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/34dXacDR8RguBkyLHxYXLhN/f3c9ad0f-f399-4699-b8fe-b1aa856e84f0.PNG/r3_0_1104_622_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg