Murderer of Syrian Child Arrested
The murderer of a Syrian child was arrested on Tuesday after he confessed to his crime, reported LBCI television.
It said that Ahmed Walid al-Basha, who hails from Syria's Tall Kalakh, confessed to killing Syrian Walid Halloum.
He admitted to murdering the 14-year-old boy by strangling him with a metal wire as he attempted to rape him.
Halloum, who went missing on Sunday, was found dead on the banks of the river in the town of al-Kuwaikhat in the northern Akkar district.
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