Kidnapping suspect 'confessed to 19 killings'

Kenyan police said a man they initially arrested on kidnapping charges confessed today to killing 19 people in three years.

Kidnapping suspect 'confessed to 19 killings'

Kenyan police said a man they initially arrested on kidnapping charges confessed today to killing 19 people in three years.

Richard Katola, a top police official, said Philip Onyancha was arrested on Sunday after police tracked him down through a mobile phone that officers said he was using to send ransom demands to the family of a nine-year-old kidnap victim.

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