He is known as one of the first recorded serial killers.[3] He lured young boys from the royal family into his home with the promise of food and money,[4] stripped them naked and sodomized them. He then killed them by throwing them naked out of an upper story window of his home. He was only stopped when a would-be victim, named Zara'h (Dhu Nuwas),[5] stabbed him in the anus.[6] Following his assassination, Dhu Shanatir's decapitated head was displayed from the palace window and Dhu Nawas assumed rulership of the Himyarite Kingdom.[7][8][9]