Who is Cyprus's first serial killer?

Nikos Metaxas confesses to murder spree after telling police he is ‘bored’ and ‘wants to go to prison’

Cyprus serial killer lake
A fourth body was found in a toxic lake near the Cypriot capital of Nicosia on Sunday
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The Cypriot army officer suspected of murdering at least seven women and girls in the island nation has reportedly submitted a written confession to the killings.

Nikos Metaxas, 35, was arrested in mid-April after the body of 38-year-old Marry Rose, from the Philippines, was found in a flooded mine shaft. The discovery triggered a major homicide investigation involving a number of international forces, including forensics experts from Scotland Yard.

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