The victims of the suspected serial killer in Rwanda have yet to be identified.
Police have exhumed more than 10 decomposing bodies from a hole in the kitchen of the house he was renting in the capital, Kigali.
The man, who police say confessed to the killings earlier in the week, has not commented in court on the allegations and is yet to be formally charged as investigations continue.
Other things remain unclear, like the exact timeline – though locals say the man had rented the house for more than a year.
A police spokesperson told the state broadcaster it was believed that most of the victims were women he had met at bars.
His neighbours told local media that at times they heard women screaming in the night – though they did not think there was anything untoward about the sounds.
Rwandans have reacted en-masse in shock on social media to news of the arrest.
A survivor who managed to escape from him is believed to have led to his arrest and the discovery of the bodies – though police say he confessed after being evicted for not paying his rent.
He had previously been accused of rape but was released for lack of evidence, police said.
The police found out about the murders after evicting the man from his rented house in Kicukiro district, a suburb of Rwanda’s capital, Kigali.
His landlord had asked them to do so as he had defaulted on rent for the last seven months.
The 34-year-old suspected serial killer is alleged to have murdered and buried more than 10 bodies in his kitchen.
A police official told Rwanda’s private newspaper The New Times that when they went to evict him on Monday, he put up a fight.
“He apologised and cried excessively, which raised our suspicions. We detained him and I personally took him to the police. It is at the police station where he confessed to having killed some people, prompting RIB [Rwanda Investigation Bureau] to investigate his residence,” the official said.
Police said that the man confessed to luring his victims from bars and then robbing, killing and burying them in a hole he had dug up in his kitchen. He also revealed that he dissolved some victims in acid.
The victims were both male and female, said Thierry Murangira, spokesperson for the Rwanda Investigation Bureau.
He told the AFP news agency that sex workers had mainly been targeted.
The authorities said that they had arrested the man in July for allegedly robbing, raping and threatening some women, but released him as there was insufficient evidence.
An anonymous police source told AFP that they had recovered 14 bodies, but Mr Murangira said that the police were still investigating the total number of victims.
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