French national suspected of murdering more than 20 western backpackers in 1970s and 80s
Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 80s, has been released from a Nepal prison after nearly two decades behind bars.
Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu by a cavalcade of police cars shortly after midday on Friday, Ishwari Prasad Pandey, a prison official, told Reuters.
