(CNN) A 20-year-old man arrested in the killing of an Israeli exchange student in Australia has been charged with murder, police said.

The suspect will appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court shortly, Victoria police said in a statement

Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was studying at La Trobe University in Melbourne, a city consistently ranked among the world's safest places to live.

Police picture of Aiia Maasarwe

She was talking on the phone with her sister overseas when she suffered a "horrific attack," police said. Her sister alerted the police.

The La Trobe University student's body was found partially clothed in bushes early Wednesday in Bundoora, a suburb 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Melbourne's center, CNN affiliate Nine News Australia reported.

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