Aymen Terkmani, notorious murderer of teenage boy, killed in NSW prison

Inmate jailed in 2017 for 2015 murder and sexual assault of Mahmoud Hrouk, 16, dies in Lithgow correctional centre

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A notorious murderer who battered a teenage boy to death after raping him has been killed while serving a long jail stint for the brutal and horrific" attack.

Aymen Terkmani has died in the maximum-security Lithgow correctional centre after an assault on Wednesday that left the 31-year-old critically injured.

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