Killing for kicks – youths confess to 21 murders
In Ukraine, three young men who went on a month-long killing spree have been charged with murdering 21 people. The violent attacks plunged the eastern city of Dnepropetrovsk into a vortex of fear in the summer of 2007. The three, who are now 20 years old, were teenagers at the time they allegedly battered their victims with hammers and pipes.
Rumours of a maniac killing both young and old paralysed Dnepropetrovsk, one of the largest cities in Ukraine. Police, however, linked the reign of terror to a group of teenagers.
They’re not revealing how they caught them but, with mobile phone footage of some of the murders, officers have little doubt of the identity of the criminals.
“We think they were doing it as a hobby, to have a collection of memories when they get old,” said Detective Bogdan Vlasenko.
The former classmates have been behind bars for almost a year now and it’s believed they've pleaded guilty to all the murders.
They are thought to have used iron pipes and hammers on their victims. Mobile phone footage also suggests they practised on cats first.
They all come from prosperous families and have allegedly admitted they committed the crimes just for fun.
Detectives say they the killers weren’t targeting anyone in particular. They just picked up people who looked like they wouldn’t fight back.
“You see, no one would fear for their life when these boys were offering them a ride,” said Ivan Stypak, Chief Police Officer of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
However, the parents of the suspects refuse to believe their children could be killers. They insist their children were forced to confess their guilt.
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Anonymous2009-04-26 2:50
"They all come from prosperous families and have allegedly admitted they committed the crimes just for fun." FOR THE LULZ!
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Anonymous2009-04-26 3:11
The suspects' cell phones and personal computers contained multiple video recordings of the murders taking place. One full video was leaked to the Internet, showing the murder of 48-year-old Sergei Yatzenko. He is seen laying on his back in a wooded area, and is struck repeatedly in the face with a hammer held inside a plastic bag. One of the attackers pokes out Yatzenko's eyes with a screwdriver, and stabs him with the screwdriver elsewhere. Yatzenko is then struck with the hammer in order to ensure that he is dead. The attack lasts over four minutes, during which the victim lapses in and out of consciousness. The murderers walk back to their car, showing that the crime took place only a few feet away from the side of a road, next to their parked car. They discuss the murder calmly, expressing mild amazement that the victim was still breathing after a screwdriver was plunged into his exposed brain. The suspects then wash their hands and the hammer in a puddle and with a water bottle, and begin to laugh. Only two suspects appear to be present in the video, with one always behind the camera.[45]
The suspects were also found in possession of multiple photographs showing them attending funerals of the victims. They can be seen smiling and "flipping off" the coffins and gravestones. Evidence of animal abuse was also shown in court, with the suspects posing alongside mutilated animal corpses.[
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pork soda2009-04-26 8:48
Evidence of animal abuse was also shown in court, with the suspects posing alongside mutilated animal corpses.[
Sick bastards! I hope the Ukraine tortures their prisoners!
>>1
No I don't, maybe because i'm not a sick fuck like you OP!
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Anonymous2009-04-26 9:07
>>6
NOT EVEN THE UGLIEST, FATTEST, MOST IDIOTIC SLUTTIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD WOULD EVER EVEN LOOK AT YOUR PATHETIC UGLY FAT FACE YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT, YOU'RE WORTHLESS YOU'RE FUCKING WORTHLESS I FUCKING HATE YOU SO MUCH OH MY GOD FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU GOD DAMN IT YOU PISS ME OFF BECAUSE YOU JUST KEEP SITTING AROUND POSTING ALL THIS IDIOTIC SHIT AND YOU NEED TO BE TOLD AGAIN AND AGAIN HOW FUCKING RETARDED YOU ARE.
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Anonymous2009-04-26 14:23
Saw this video ages ago.
The worst part is how he breaths when he has hardly an face left
>>7
This spam is starting to get annoying. We all love Milkribs, so go away.
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Anonymous2009-04-26 17:30
I forced myself to watch this. Sometimes you just have to remind yourself of the evil, utter depravity, and the psychopaths with girly laughs that exist in this world. Why anyone would want such sub-scum executed is beyond me. Execution is far too good for them, and surely being raped in gaol for the rest of their days is better?
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Anonymous2009-04-26 18:57
Of course it would be Slavs.
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pork soda2009-04-26 19:14
>>12
What is that supposed to mean? The worst killers in Europe are the Germans! The Belgians were also pretty bad, and they're Latin...
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Anonymous2009-04-26 19:19
>>11
...and the difference between the treatment you want to subject them to and the treatment they subjected this guy to is... ...what?
Are you jealous? Is that it?
You see all the fun these guys are having and you want someone to torture too?
You might call them all sorts of names, but this makes you "psychopath sub-scum" too, and no amount of stature, fingerpointing or name-calling is going to save you from that.
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Anonymous2009-04-26 19:30
>>13
Oh, I'd LOVE to hear this one.
What makes the germans so much worse than say russians? 20 million people killed in Russia 1918-45, but the germans are somehow worse. How come?
Do the german teen murderers always build little gaschambers for their victims, and the police usually track the killers down by the smoke coming from the smokestacks?
...and above all I'd like to see you make the connection between stray teen psychopaths (or even the entire population of nations) and corrupt government leaders, because there's a conspiracy if there ever was one. Was Hitler only doing what the german people told him to do, like some kind of obedient puppet in the hands of a murderous nation?
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What do you reply to a 15yo stating something like that, anyway? Would you jump off a cliff as soon as somebody called you a pussy? Does it make you badass to have the victims bloody face as your desktop wallpaper? Would you prove your physical toughness by banging your head against a brick wall? I guess that it would buy you some point in being retarded and disturbed, but not much else.
Now let me dare you something, little boy: I dare you to stop going to sites you're not allowed to be at, like shock sites or 4chan. I dare you to stop playing Half-life 2, Halo, or any other kind of violent video game that you're not mature enough to play. I dare you to mature, or at least try to. Can you do all of that, or are you a pussy?
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Anonymous2009-04-27 9:29
The victim in the video got thoroughly trolled, and invaded too, with a screwdriver. Face's closed, due to AIDS!
The video demonstrates pretty well what IRL trolls do in real life. You know, those who are "cool guys" for real instead of pretending to be online. I guess now you have something to adore and aspire to, trolls. Don't forget to practice on yourselves first.
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pork soda2009-04-27 10:54
>>15
The SU killed 20 million of their own? Lol... that's just sad if you actually believe that..
>>24
oh come on. You've never seen Ukranian-descended Canadians? That's like most of Alberta.
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Anonymous2009-04-28 2:21
>>14
According to your logic, then; no one ever deserves death. No matter what they do to who or what for any reason(Including for the lulz!). Kill elderly people, torture cats, or even rape your mom. If they're having fun, then if you want to kill them for their actions, you are just as bad as them! Yes, the logic makes perfect since, because both motives are the same you see! They want to put someone else through horrid pain just for fun and you want to kill them for hurting someone just for pleasure. If someone stabs you in the stomach and you want to stab him back, don't do it! You'll be just as sick as him! I mean, he stabbed you for the lulz! This just proves to me even more that there is no god. If there was, idiots like you would not exist.
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Anonymous2009-04-28 2:37
>>29
Heh, actually my logic DOES make perfect sense: While killing someone for fun might rate just a teensy bit worse than killing someone for pleasure, killing someone still makes you a murderer, so what's your problem with these guys? It's obviously not that they kill people, because killing or torturing people is okay with you. It's just that they did it because they enjoyed it while you would like to do it because you enjoy it. What's the difference?
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Anonymous2009-04-28 3:41
I wouldn't be doing it to enjoy it. I'd be doing it as a punishment. To show them how fucked up what they did was. On one hand, you have a man being tortured before it's even verified if he deserved it or not, and on the other, you're doing it to someone who deserves it. Looking at it from any other angle begs to say that logic should not exist, and that any form of murder, killing and torture can be done without any boundaries. In other words, you can freely kill your entire family for no apparent reason and it can not be deemed and something "bad".
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Anonymous2009-04-28 3:47
It's sort of like the punisher. Some say he's just as bad as those he kills, but the reality, at least in my opinion, is that the motive is what makes the difference.
The same reason why killing an innocent cat is entirely different than killing a mass murderer who just killed your entire family.
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Of course you would torture people because you enjoy it. You just do like Bush and don't call it torture. Instead you call your pleasure "punishment" instead, and you're also insane enough to make up that your victims somehow "deserve" the torture, and that's kinda worse than just doing it for fun.
...and I love how you bring logic into this when you've just so recently divided up people into victims and non-victims without any sane reason. So they've tortured and killed a couple of guys. You should be able to relate to that, as you'd like to do that too. Once you're done with them, is it your own turn next?
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Anonymous2009-04-28 4:32
You spin and quote the word "punishment" as if it can not exist. Punishment exists. Whether I enjoy torturing them or not does not make a different. It is the motive that matters. Why did I kill them? Was it to get rid of someone who would harm an innocent person? Was it to prevent 10 more deaths?
According to your logic again, killing an ant that just bit you on the arm is just as bad as killing a baby for lulz. And no, I can't relate to them. I wouldn't be killing someone without a good reason.
What about you? When do you think someone should be killed? Where do you draw the line? Is there no line? Should there be a line?
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Anonymous2009-04-28 21:20
>>35
Does "punishment" exist? That's a rather religious question, because in order for punishment for exist, you'll have to believe in some cosmic authority setting a universal moral for every living being, and from there establish a "right" and a "wrong", and also the totally bananas notion that two "wrongs" makes one "right", in order to balance some kind of "cosmic scales". You throw a couple of cows and aliens in there and you'll have yourself a case of regular weed science.
...but I don't think you're high on weed. You just want to hurt people without taking the blame for it, by pointing a finger elsewhere to try to distract the attention of the masses while you enjoy yourself.
You want to prevent deaths or more harm? No. If you really wanted to prevent deaths and more harm, you'd be more along the line of isolating them from the world, like putting them in a padded cell, and giving them help and therapy. If all goes well, then within a few months you'd have a couple of socially functioning citizens again.
...but that wouldn't really satisfy you, because according to you they'd still have to "pay for their crimes" or some shit. ...so it's not really about creating a better society for you (especially since punishing people just makes them more violent, thereby putting society at risk for the sake of your own pleasure). It's just what you tell people in hopes of fooling them.
Are you even aware of this highly psychopathic behavior? Who knows?
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Anonymous2009-04-29 0:30
>>36
I'm on your side dude, but attributing violent tendencies to weed? Epic fail
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Anonymous2009-04-29 11:56
>>37
I'm just attributing weird theories to weed. Don't tell you're a weedsmoker worried about your image - your mascot is a pacifist hippie exclaiming "Peace!" and "Make love, not war, man.". How violent is that?
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Anonymous2009-05-07 2:39
"Does "punishment" exist? That's a rather religious question, because in order for punishment for exist, you'll have to believe in some cosmic authority"
Not true. Why do I need a cosmic authority? All we need to use is common sense. Does it feel good to be punched in the face? No, it doesn't. So, we can safely say that (Though subjective, it's the best logical route of understand "bad" and "good") someone punching someone in the face when that person does not deserve it is "wrong". That person has done "bad", so why not be punished for it, and if so, why not be punished with something that is as severe as what they're being punished for?
If we need a divine being to have punishment, then why do we have prisons? Why should I be punished if I decided to kill someone's entire family? I shouldn't. Morals are purely subjective, but that does not mean that one moral can't be less logical than the next, and therefore we should base our "rights" and "wrongs" on logic and reasoning. I would say popularity, the the majority of the world are fuckin' idiots and Christians.
"and also the totally bananas notion that two "wrongs" makes one "right""
But how would it be two wrongs? Say that it's established(I say it should be) that someone being punished with something as severe as the "wrong" they have committed is the "right" thing to do? Therefore there are no two wrongs.
"You just want to hurt people without taking the blame for it"
Isn't that the picture you're painting for these three boys? They won't to hurt this man without having to take blame for it?
"You want to prevent deaths or more harm? No. If you really wanted to prevent deaths and more harm, you'd be more along the line of isolating them from the world, like putting them in a padded cell, and giving them help and therapy. If all goes well, then within a few months you'd have a couple of socially functioning citizens again."
You could never trust someone who committed such a crime in society. And if you were to "help them" and release them into the world, you would be taking a huge chance, and putting other's lives at risks for this "test"(To see if they will act accordingly). If you are a person who is willing to take innocent lives for unfounded reasons, why should you not deserve to be killed?
I mean really, your entire arguement seems to me that you see no difference in someone killing a kid, and someone killing Hitler. No amount of pseudo-logic will get you around that.
PS. Neva hate teh Weed.
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Anonymous2009-05-07 2:47
Also, if using your logic; doing any negetive act to anyone for doing an act of "bad" can be brought into question. And therefore, laws should not exist.