Kenyan ‘bloodthirsty vampire’ recounts how he drugged and killed 10 children
- Masten Milimo Wanjala, who was arrested on Wednesday, admitted to the cold-blooded killing of at least 10 young teenagers
- Police said the 20-year-old’s victims were drugged and drained of their blood and some of them strangled
Kenyan police were on Thursday holding a man described as a “bloodthirsty vampire” accused of the grisly murders of at least 10 children.
Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, was arrested on Wednesday over the killing of two children whose bodies were found dumped in a forested area of the capital Nairobi.
But in a chilling confession, he admitted to the cold-blooded killing of at least 10 young teenagers, police said.
They described his arrest as a breakthrough in an investigation into a spate of disturbing child disappearances in Kenya – almost two a day in recent weeks, according to police.
“Wanjala single-handedly massacred his victims in the most callous manner, sometimes through sucking blood from their veins before executing them,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on Twitter late Wednesday, describing him as a “bloodthirsty vampire”.
The murders, targeting 12- and 13-year-olds, stretch back five years. His victims were drugged and drained of their blood and some of them strangled, police said.