Madrid, Feb 15 (EFE).- A man who was arrested last month and is facing trial for the murder of three siblings in a town near the Spanish capital Madrid has allegedly beaten his cellmate to death, police told EFE on Thursday.
Dilawar Hussein F.C., a 42-year-old of Pakistani origin, has been held since Jan. 24 at the Estremera prison outside Madrid, in an area of the penitentiary that houses difficult inmates.
He was sharing a cell with an inmate of Bulgarian origin, identified as 39-year-old A.A.V, during his pre-trial detention.
Hussein was arrested on Jan. 22 after turning himself into the Spanish Civil Guard and confessing to the murder of three elderly siblings in Morata de Tajuña over a reported debt of 60,000 euros (just over 64,000 dollars).
The sisters had taken out a high-interest loan with the suspect after falling victim to an online love scam, leaving them bankrupt. They had also been seeking financial assistance from loved ones and neighbors.
Their bodies had been found days before his confession although, according to his testimony in court, he had killed them on Dec. 17 with an iron bar, over a month before their burned bodies were found in the early stage of decomposition. EFE
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