Minister quits over bungled killings probe

The justice minister in Cyprus has resigned amid mounting criticism that police bungled their investigations when some of the seven foreign women and girls murdered by a serial killer were initially reported missing.

A Cypriot army captain has admitted to killing the women and girls. Even as the minister resigned, police yesterday were searching a lake and a reservoir for three bodies.

The victims, who came to the eastern Mediterranean island to work in low-paid jobs, include three Filipino women and the six-year-old daughter of one of them.