Mystery deepens: Analysis of Hitler’s skull reveals it belongs to woman

DNA analysis of Hitler’s skull fragment, purported to be proof that the dictator committed suicide in his bunker, has revealed that it actually belongs to a woman between the ages of 20 and 40.

Scientists and historians had long thought it to be conclusive proof that Hitler shot himself in the head after taking a cyanide pill on 30 April 1945 rather than face the ignominy of capture.

The piece of skull – complete with bullet hole – had been taken from outside the Fuhrer’s bunker by the Russian Army and preserved by Soviet intelligence.

Now the story of Hitler’s death will have to rewritten as a mystery – and  conspiracy theorists are likely to latch on to the possibility that he may not  have died in the bunker at all.