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1 killed, 2 badly wounded in South Africa mosque attack

Attackers entered a South African mosque after midday prayers, stabbed three people and set the place on fire before fleeing, police said Thursday, as people expressed shock at the kind of attack rarely seen in this country. One victim later died, police said.

“The motive of the attack on the three men is unknown at this stage,” Capt. Nqobile Gwala with police in KwaZuluNatal province told The Associated Press in an email.

The three attackers slit people’s throats, said an emergency responder, Reaction Unit South Africa. Police said they found a knife at the scene. Images from outside the mosque showed bloodied men on the ground receiving medical care.

Convicted killer told police of penchant for teen girls

A suspected serial killer named in connection with at least seven cold-case slayings in the Detroit area told police a decade ago about his penchant for teenage girls.

In a 2008 videotaped interrogation, Arthur Ream said, “I’m into, was into, teenage girls. OK?”

Ream was convicted in the 1986 disappearance and slaying of 13-year-old Cindy Zarzycki.

He eventually led police to her remains in a forested part of Macomb Township, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Detroit. Police and the FBI are digging this week in the same area for the remains of 12-year-old Kimberly King and as many as six other missing girls.