Abul DJABAR

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Homosexual rapist
Number of victims: 65 +
Date of murders: 1960's - 1970
Date of arrest: October 1970
Date of birth: ????
Victims profile: Young men and boys
Method of murder: Strangulation with a turban
Location: Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Status: Sentenced to death. Executed by hanging on October 21, 1970

Abul Djabar (died October 21, 1970) was an Afghan serial killer who had killed at least 65 people. He was suspected of murdering over 300 men and boys.

He would strangle his victims with a turban while raping them. Djabar was arrested by police while trying to kill another victim. He was sentenced to death and hanged on October 21, 1970. Two innocent people had previously been executed for the murders.