Suspect confesses to killing 16 prostitutes

A man has confessed to killing 16 prostitutes in Iran’s holy city of Mashhad, but three other murders blamed on him were carried out by copycats, a provincial police chief said today.

Three suspects had been apprehended for the other killings, Brig. Gen. Eskandar Momeni, police chief of Khorasan province, told reporters in Mashhad, the provincial capital.