(2)Alleged abductor confesses to throwing boys alive into river

(2)Alleged abductor confesses to throwing boys alive into river

OYAMA, Japan - A mother and her daughter offer prayers Sept. 15 near the site where the body of one of two young brothers abducted by a 39-year-old man was found on Sept. 14. The man who was arrested on suspicion of abducting the two brothers has confessed to abusing the boys and throwing them alive into the Omoi River in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

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