Twenty suspects held in child serial killer investigation in Pakistan


  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Sep 2019

People and relatives offer condolence for eight-year-old Muhammad Faizan, who according to police was missing and his body found along with two other children, at a local mosque in Chunian, Kasur, Pakistan, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

CHUNIAN, PAKISTAN (Reuters) - Pakistani police have detained 20 suspects as they investigate the possibility of a serial killer being behind the suspected murder and sexual assault of three boys in a district which has a history of child abuse and abduction.

The body of eight-year-old Muhammad Faizan was found on an industrial estate, after he went missing on the way home from nearby shops. The remains of two more boys were found nearby.

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