Two Pakistanis in their twenties have confessed to killing four expatriate men in separate attacks and then disposing of their bodies.

One body was found rotting in a car that was stolen by the two perpetrators, while the others were buried, the Riyadh police were quoted as saying in a local publication. The victims were Indian and Bangladeshi nationals.

The police found the first body after receiving a report from a citizen complaining about a foul odor emanating from a car parked in Al-Foutah neighborhood behind a shop.

Police officers found a decomposing body inside the car, and determined that the man had been stabbed five times on various parts of his body. The officers also later found that the car had been reported stolen at the Al-Dira police station.

The Criminal Investigation Department later arrested two Pakistani nationals, Assad Mohammad Yusuf Jan, 24, and Adam Khan Ayaz Khan, 22. The two were interrogated and admitted to four murders.

They first confessed to killing an Indian national because he had allegedly been involved with a Sri Lankan woman who previously had relations with one of them. They told the police that they had made an appointment with the victim and abducted him in his own car. They took him to an isolated location, strangled and stabbed him, and then dumped his body in a warehouse in Al-Seli neighborhood.

The two perpetrators told the police that they drove around in the victim’s car and abducted a Bangladeshi taxi driver in Al-Sahafa neighborhood because they needed money for hashish. They strangled and stabbed him, and stole his money. They placed his body in the car of the first victim and then drove around in the taxi.

Their third victim was an Indian taxi driver whom they also abducted and strangled and stabbed in Al-Sahafa neighborhood. They dumped this man’s body under a pile of logs in Al-Aredd neighborhood. They then used the plates of a stolen Cressida to replace those on the taxi. They then strangled a Bangladesh national in his forties who worked as a taxi driver, after asking him to transport them from Batha neighborhood to Al-Sahafa in his Kia. They buried his body in Al-Aredd neighborhood.

The two perpetrators showed the police where they had killed all the men. Further investigations are underway to determine whether they were involved in other crimes.

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, second deputy premier and minister of interior, has commended the Riyadh police for their efforts. The director of Riyadh police conveyed Prince Naif’s message to his officers recently.