The student, accused of killing a 32-year-old employee of Szent István University, was arrested at a housing estate in Miskolc on Thursday.

He has reportedly admitted to three robberies and attacks, adding that his plan was to steal and sell the cars of women driving alone. The third woman attacked was the murder victim, whom he allegedly stabbed 17 times. Her car was later found in a roadside ditch.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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