Huang Yong
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Huang Yong was a Chinese
serial killer
accused of murdering 17 teenage boys (although he is suspected of 25 murders) between September 2001 and 2003.
In September, 2001 Huang started to lure young people, from video halls, Internet cafe
s and video arcades to his house by offering to recommend them for well-paid jobs or to fund their schooling or sightseeing tours. In his house, Huang drugged the youths and raped them after strangling them with a rope
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In November 2003, a 16 year-old boy named Zhang Liang went to the police. The investigators at first were not convinced of Liang's story but the boy claimed that Huang had invited him to his apartment by offering him a job. Once he got there, Huang tried to strangle him and that he went into unconsciousness three times. After, when the young boy awoke, Huang said to him "I killed at least 25 people. You're number 26" but Liang escaped and reported him to the police.
Finally, the police believed Liang's story and arrested Huang who was sentenced to death on December 9, 2003 and executed by a firing squad on December 26, 2003.
Huang described the motive for his crimes by saying: "I've always wanted to be an assassin since I was a kid, but I never had the chance."
People's Republic of China
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serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
accused of murdering 17 teenage boys (although he is suspected of 25 murders) between September 2001 and 2003.
In September, 2001 Huang started to lure young people, from video halls, Internet cafe
Internet cafe
An Internet café or cybercafé is a place which provides internet access to the public, usually for a fee. These businesses usually provide snacks and drinks, hence the café in the name...
s and video arcades to his house by offering to recommend them for well-paid jobs or to fund their schooling or sightseeing tours. In his house, Huang drugged the youths and raped them after strangling them with a rope
Rope
A rope is a length of fibres, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength...
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In November 2003, a 16 year-old boy named Zhang Liang went to the police. The investigators at first were not convinced of Liang's story but the boy claimed that Huang had invited him to his apartment by offering him a job. Once he got there, Huang tried to strangle him and that he went into unconsciousness three times. After, when the young boy awoke, Huang said to him "I killed at least 25 people. You're number 26" but Liang escaped and reported him to the police.
Finally, the police believed Liang's story and arrested Huang who was sentenced to death on December 9, 2003 and executed by a firing squad on December 26, 2003.
Huang described the motive for his crimes by saying: "I've always wanted to be an assassin since I was a kid, but I never had the chance."