Iran
investigating serial murder of prostitutes
http://www.timesofindia.com/110301/11mide7.htm
March 11, 2001
TEHRAN: Seven
prostitutes have been found strangled in similar circumstances
over the past few months in the holy Iranian city of Mashhad,
press reports said on Saturday.
The latest
victim, 42, was found Friday, a local judiciary official told
the Khorassan paper, adding that six other women of "loose
morals" had been found murdered the same way.
The official
said a special investigation had been launched into the
killings, in which the women were strangled with their
headscarves and then wrapped up in their full-body cloaks. (AFP)