Charles Sobhraj
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Charles Sobhraj is a French serial killer, fraudster, and thief whose victims were mainly Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s. He is of Sindhi and Vietnamese origin. He was known as the Bikini Killer because of the attire of several of his victims, as well as the Splitting Killer and the Serpent for "his snake-like ability to avoid detection by authorities".
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Occupation
- serial killer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Charles Sobhraj statue (cropped).jpg
- Convicted of
- murder
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- date of birth
- 1944-01-01
- nickname
- The Serpent
- birth name
- هوتچند گرمک ڀاوناڻي سوڀراج
- name in native language
- Charles Sobhraj
- pseudonym
- Alain Gautier
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