Friday, March 28, 2008

Brazil teen confesses to 12 killings, police say

SAO PAULO, Brazil Police said a 16-year-old boy has confessed to the slayings of 12 people over the past three months in southern Brazil.

The teenager, whose identity was not revealed because he is a minor, told police he allegedly killed his victims in a fit or rage or out of revenge.

However, police inspector Enizaldo Jose Plentz said he believes the boy killed some of his victims for enjoyment.

He said police have enough evidence to prove that the teenager, an unemployed high school dropout, shot dead at least six of the 12 people he says he killed.

Police investigating the slaying of a 39-year-old storeowner earlier this week, arrested the boy Wednesday at his home in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, Plentz said.

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