Abboud and Khajawa

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Abboud al-Tabakh and Khajawa al-Dallah (Arabic: عبود وخجاوة; d. 1917) were Iraqi serial killers and cannibals. They were convicted of murdering and eating the remains of an elderly neighbour and dozens of children in Mosul in 1917, luring most of their victims with the help of their young son. Considered some of the worst criminals in the country's history, the pair were sentenced to death and subsequently hanged for their crimes in 1917.

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