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

OYAMA, Japan - Policemen combs the riverbed in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 15 in search of one of two young brothers missing since Sept. 11. A 39-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abducting the two brothers has confessed to abusing the boys and throwing them alive into the Omoi River in Oyama.

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