Spain triple murder suspect linked to romance scam held for killing cellmate - BBC News

A man facing trial for the murder of three elderly siblings is suspected of killing his cellmate.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, MARISCAL/EPAImage caption, The man suspected of all four killings originally handed himself in last month after the three siblings' bodies were foundBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsA 42-year-old man facing trial for the murder of three elderly siblings in Spain is now alleged to have killed his cellmate in prison, reports say.

The suspect, identified as Dilawar Hussain F.C., was moved to Estremera prison outside Madrid last month.

He had allegedly confessed to killing two sisters and their brother in the nearby town of Morata de Tajuña.

The alarm was raised at the jail in the early hours of Thursday when a man was found dead in his cell.

Dilawar Hussain F.C., who is 42 and of ​​Pakistani origin, had been sharing a cell with a 39-year-old man of Bulgarian origin, according to Efe news agency.

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