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Posted: 6/1/2012
MONTREAL -- The man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police said Friday, as authorities in France searched for the suspect, a Canadian porn actor.Montreal Police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere identified the victim as Jun Lin, 33. Police have said he dated Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is now on Interpol's equivalent of its most-wanted list.A senior French police official said he is sure Magnotta is in France and that Magnotta has been there in the past. Another French police official said Magnotta apparently flew to Paris from Montreal last weekend, before the case emerged.Lafreniere said Jun Lin doesn't have family in Montreal, but a family member reported him missing on Tuesday. He had last been seen May 24. Lafreniere said the murder occurred the night of May 24-25, and the suspect left for Europe on May 26.'He is a Chinese citizen who studied at a university here in Montreal and was here for a certain time,' Lafreniere said. 'Thanks to the Chinese embassy, we have been able to reach the family with the sad news of what happened.'The case began Tuesday, when a package containing a severed foot was opened at the ruling Conservative Party headquarters. A hand was discovered at a postal facility, addressed to the Liberal party of Canada. A torso was found in a suitcase on a garbage dump in Montreal, outside Magnotta's apartment building.Montreal police have said they believe Magnotta, 29, fled for France based on evidence they found at his apartment and a blog he once wrote about how to disappear.'What will hinder him the most is what he used to glorify himself, the web, with all the photos we have of him,' Lafreniere said. But he warned that Magnotta is 'someone who can disguise himself, he can change into a woman, wear a wig.'France's fugitive search unit has been ordered to hunt for Magnotta, the French official