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Seven life imprisonment terms for Greek Cypriot ex-army captain

A former Cyprus army Captain has been sentenced to seven life imprisonment terms on Monday after pleading guilty to killing five women and two children, including Nepali woman Ashika Khadka Bista.

A Cyprus criminal court has sentenced an army captain to seven life terms in prison after he pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder and kidnapping of seven foreign women and girls.
A motorcyclist police officer escorts and guards the police van and cars that carrying the army captain Nicholas Metaxas Source: AP (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, Cyprus' Special Disaster Response Unit investigators carry a covered suitcase on a stretcher after it was retrieved from a man-made lake near the village of Mitsero, outside of the capital Nicosia, Cyprus. A C
In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, Cyprus' Special Disaster Response Unit investigators carry a covered suitcase on a stretcher after it was retrieved from a man-made lake near the village of Mitsero, outside of the capital Nicosia, Cyprus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Source: AP

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