Convicted serial killer commits suicide in prison

SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- A convicted serial murderer on death row died Sunday
after a suicide attempt in his prison cell in Seoul, officials said.
Jeong Nam-gyu, 40, died at 2:40 a.m. Sunday while hospitalized after trying to
kill himself Saturday, police officials said.
Jeong was convicted in 2007 and was given the death penalty for killing 13 people
and injuring seven others between January 2004 and April 2006, including two
children, whom he had sexually assaulted. Many of the victims were women and
children living in southwestern Seoul.
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