Mohammed Bijeh

Mohammed Bijeh (Persian: محمد بيجه) (February 7, 1975 – March 16, 2005) was an Iranian serial killer. He confessed in court to raping and killing 16 young boys between March and September 2004, and was sentenced to 100 lashes followed by execution. All the boys were between 8 and 15 years old. In addition, he killed two adults.

Execution

On March 16, 2005, in Pakdasht, Iran, the town near the desert area where the killings occurred, in front of a crowd of about 5,000, Bijeh's shirt was removed and he was handcuffed to an iron post, where he received his lashings from different judicial officials. He fell to the ground more than once during the punishment, but did not cry out. A relative of one of the victims managed to get past security and stab Bijeh. The mother of one of the victims put a blue nylon rope around his neck, and he was hoisted about 10 meters in the air by a crane until he died.

References

• Iran's 'desert vampire' executed (BBC)

• The New Criminologist

External links

• Iran's 'desert vampire' executed (BBC)
• Image of the executed body (Sadaf-Farahani.com)

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Name	Bijeh, Mohammed
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Date of birth	February 7, 1975
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Date of death	March 16, 2005
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