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EXPLAINED: Killer sobhraj arrives in france | Rare Historical Photos

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French serial killer Charles Sobhraj looks at his mobile phone while in transit at Doha airport to France on Friday night. (AFP Photo)

PARIS: Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe murdered more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, arrived in France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal.

Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as “The Serpent” for his evasion of police, earlier this week on health grounds.

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