Indonesian man executed for mass murder

Associated Press

July 11, 2008 12:07 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has executed a man for killing 42 women and girls in a series of ritual slayings.

An Attorney General Office spokesman said 57-year-old Ahmad Suradji was killed by firing squad late yesterday.

Police have said Suradji lured his victims to a sugarcane field near his home and then strangled them before reburying their bodies with the heads pointing toward his house.

He apparently believed the 11-year killing spree increase his magical powers.

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