Convicted serial rapist Sofyan Boalag, whose spree of sexual assaults terrorized St. John's more than a decade ago, has died in an Ontario prison, according to Correctional Service Canada.

Boalag, 46, had been serving an indefinite sentence at Bath Institution, a medium security prison. A news release from regional communications manager Mike Shrider said the death will be investigated and that police and a coroner will be notified.

Boalag died on Saturday, according to the release.

Boalag was convicted in 2016 of raping two women and a 15-year-old girl in Newfoundland during the summer and fall of 2012. Six women had described how Boalag had choked them unconscious and threatened them with a knife early in the morning.

He was declared a dangerous offender and given an indeterminate p

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