Javed Iqbal (serial killer)

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Javed Iqbal ( Urdu جاوید اقبال; * October 8, 1956 ; † October 8, 2001 in Lahore ) was a Pakistani serial killer who murdered a hundred boys and dismembered their corpses and was sentenced to death for it.

Life

Iqbal came from a wealthy merchant family and grew up in relative luxury. His pedophile and homosexual tendencies became apparent early on, and the rest of the family eventually distanced themselves from him. However, due to his generous inheritance, he was able to continue a prosperous life. In 1985 and 1990 he was charged with same-sex fornication (" sodomy "), but without a conviction.

In November 1999, he wrote to the Lahore police and the Urdu daily Daily Jang , in which he stated that over a period of six months, 100 murders of underage boys, mostly beggars and street children aged six to 16, to have committed. In his home in Lahore, where Iqbal was not found, the personal items (shoes, clothing) and photos of numerous children were found, as well as the human remains of two children in an acid vat. In the records found, Iqbal had noted the names and ages of his victims and took photographs of them. There was also an announcement that he would commit suicide by drowning in the Ravi River . About one later, two Iqbal aides were arrested in the nearby city of Sohawa while trying to cash two checks issued by Iqbal. This is probably why the fugitive Iqbal turned himself in by going to the editorial office of the Daily Jang newspaper on December 30, 1999 . Iqbal said his crimes were an act of revenge against the police who brutally mistreated him in 1985 and 1990.

Sentencing and execution

Iqbal was sentenced to death hundreds of times on March 16, 2000. The court ordered that he and his 20-year-old accomplice, Sajid, be strangled with the chain that killed the victims and that their bodies be cut into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid. Iqbal appealed the verdict to the Lahore High Court . This declared himself not responsible and referred the case back. However, prior to the execution of the sentence, Iqbal and his assistant were found hanged in their cells in what was recorded as a suicide. In the previous year, on December 7, 1999, another accomplice had allegedly died while jumping from the third floor of the prison.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LAHORE: The story of a pampered boy. In: Dawn. October 11, 2001, accessed May 31, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Pakistan 'serial killer' under interrogation. BBC News, December 31, 1999, accessed August 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Iqbal, Javed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES جاوید اقبال (Urdu)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1956
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 2001
Place of death Lahore