`Ripper' fear as third body found

London - The discovery of a third body of a woman in less than three months in a London waterway has aroused concern that a Jack…

London - The discovery of a third body of a woman in less than three months in a London waterway has aroused concern that a Jack the Ripper-style serial killer is behind the murders. Scotland Yard said yesterday it had started a murder inquiry after the discovery of the third body, a black woman around 40, in the River Thames, near Lambeth Bridge in central London.

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