Inside the story of Javed Iqbal Mughal Javed Iqbal Mughal was one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Between 1998 and 1999, he confessed to the sexual abuse and murder of over 100 young boys in Lahore, Pakistan, ranging in age from 6 to 16 years old. His crimes were among the most horrific ever documented. Iqbal's Early Life and Crimes Iqbal was born in 1961 in Lahore, Pakistan, the sixth of eight children in a middle-class family. From a young age, he exhibited disturbing behaviour, including accusations of sexually assaulting young boys in the 1980s and 1990s. However, he was never convicted due to his ability to bribe the victims' families and avoid police investigation. In the late 1990s, Iqbal's criminal activities escalated dramatically. He lured vulnerable street children and orphans to his home, where he would sexually assault, strangle, and dismember them. Iqbal would then dissolve the bodies in vats of hydrochloric acid to destroy any evidence. Iqbal ...