Woman's reaction to serial killer Charles Sobhraj sitting next to her on flight is viral

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj who was released from a prison in Nepal on December 23 recently took a flight from Kathmandu to Qatar on his way to Paris and a photo of his co-passenger has gone viral for her reaction after realising that the person sitting next to her has been linked to over 20 murders across Asia.

The 78-year-old, known as "the serpent" and "bikini killer", is linked to a string of murders across Asia, with most of the victims being women.

Born in French-administered Saigon, Vietnam, to an Indian father and a Vietnamese mother who later married a Frenchman, Sobhraj was first jailed in Paris in 1963 for burglary. He was accused of committing crimes in countries like France, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Dubbed "the Bikini Killer" for his proclivity to target young women, particularly young western backpackers, and "the Serpent" for his skill at deception and evasion, Charles Sobhraj was serving a life-term in the Kathmandu jail since 2003 for the murder of his American girlfriend Connie Jo Bronzich, 29, in 1975 in Nepal.