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.
Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei |
| Details | |
| Victims | 43 |
Span of crimes | October 2005 – March 2006 |
| Country | Iraq |
| State(s) | Kirkuk |
Date apprehended | March 2006 |
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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edit- ^ a b The Independent, Insurgent doctor killed dozens of wounded soldiers Archived 2006-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, 23 March 2006
- ^ a b 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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