Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei

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Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei
Born
Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei

Iraq
Details
Victims43
Span of crimes
October 2005 –March 2006
Country Iraq
State Kirkuk
Date apprehended
March 2006

Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei is an Iraqi serial killer and medical doctor accused of murdering wounded policemen, soldiers and officials in Kirkuk while pretending to treat them.

According to police, Louay administered anti-coagulants to pro-Coalition forces brought into the hospital for treatment, to excaberate their bleeding and causing a number of deaths. [1] A police investigation revealed that he had killed 43 people from October 2005 to March 2006. [2] He claimed to be recruited into Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna in August 2005. [2]

He was arrested after Malla Yassin was arrested in early 2006, and confessed to being the leader of an insurgent cell that included Louay. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Independent, Insurgent doctor killed dozens of wounded soldiers Archived 2006-04-21 at the Wayback Machine , 23 March 2006
  2. 1 2 Howard, Michael (April 16, 2006). "'I made a mixture of drugs and injected them. They were dead in three hours'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2014.


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