Child killer vampire arrested in Kenya
The photo of the killer was published in the headlines on Thursday 1 (July. AFP - SIMON MAINA
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Kenyan police have announced the arrest of a man they describe as a "
bloodthirsty vampire
": a 20-year-old serial killer who revealed his bloodthirsty methods to investigators.
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The portrait of the serial killer drawn by the Kenyan police after his interrogation shivers down your spine. He acts "
alone
", "
in the most ruthless way
" possible, writes the direction of criminal investigations on his Twitter account, going so far as to "
suck the veins
" of his victims to "
empty them of their blood
", sometimes before to strangle them.
During his questioning, he admitted to the murder of a dozen teenagers in the country over the past five years.
The first, a 12-year-old girl, was abducted in 2016 in a county east of Nairobi.
The killer was then 15 years old.
Faced with investigators, the young man did not apologize.
On the contrary, he declared that he had taken "
great pleasure
" in killing his victims.
Wave of missing children
The remains of some of them were found, "
thrown into thickets
", or "
abandoned in the sewers of the city
".
Others are still not found.
The arrest comes as the country is experiencing a worrying wave of child disappearances - around two a day in recent weeks.
This Thursday, the main newspapers of the country have also published in the front page the photo of the killer, wearing a football shirt spotted with blood.
Justice has so far decided to place him in detention for 30 days in order to continue his investigations.
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