CNN INTERNATIONAL -- WORLD NEWS 3/17/00 PAKISTANI SERIAL KILLER COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, CNN ANCHOR: A convicted serial killer in Pakistan is facing severe punishment. As CNN's Hannah Bloch reports, a judge wants the killer to suffer the same fate as his young victims.</s>HANNAH BLOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The judge sentenced Javed Iqbal to the same fate as his victims, strangulation.</s>ALLAH BAKSH RANJHA, JUDGE: After that, the dead body should be cut into 100 pieces. And the same should be put in the drum containing the ether, which has been the formula which has been described by him in the statement.</s>BLOCH: That statement, a confession letter sent to police and newspapers, described how Iqbal murdered 100 young children during a six-month killing spree. Police say he lured street children, many of them beggars, with promises of money and work. Until the letter, authorities had no idea the killings were even taking place. But following up on the letter, police found at his home piles of children's shoes and clothing and photos of his young victims. They also found vats of acid with what investigators believe was evidence of dissolved bones. At the trial, Iqbal denied he had committed the murders saying he had concocted the story to highlight police inefficiency and the problems with street children. The unusual sentence, and the manner in which it is to be carried out, reflect the outrage and anger many Pakistanis feel at the number and brutality of the murders. Leaving court in a police van after his sentencing, Iqbal again denied his guilt telling reporters police provided shelter to the real accused culprit. His lawyer says he will appeal the sentence. Hannah Bloch, CNN, Islamabad.
Judge Sentences Pakistani Child Killer To The Same Fate Of His  Victims