3 Guys 1 Hammer: The Cruel Acts of the Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs

in #news5 years ago

In the summer of 2007, two youths in Ukraine went on gruesome murder tours with a hammer and iron bars. They killed 21 people in just one month, robbed them, filmed their crimes and sold them on the deep web.

Igor Suprunyuck, Viktor Sayenko and Alexander Hanzha from Dnepropetrovsk also known as the Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs had all been friends for years. Before Viktor and Alexander met Igor, they were decent and good at school. Then things quickly went downhill: Together, the maniacs threw on moving trains, tormenting and killing animals and beating up fellow students. But that soon wasn't enough for them and they committed robberies that often ended bloody. Unable to see blood, Alexander found no favours in his friends ' new, cruel hobby.

Igor and Viktor, on the other hand, couldn't get enough of it, rising further and further into the violence and launching assassination trips. On the night of June 25, 2007, the two committed their first two murders. A 33-year-old woman on her way home and a man sleeping on a bench nearby found death in horrific fashion. They were brutally tortured, maimed and killed with a hammer.

Two other victims followed on July 1 and on the night of July 6, the Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs murdered three people. The time intervals were getting shorter and shorter. On July 7, they ambushed two 14-year-old boys from the neighboring village. While one of them did not survive the attack, the other was able to flee and save himself. On July 14, they beat an old woman off her electric vehicle and killed her. There were many witnesses who had observed the act. Although Igor and Viktor became increasingly careless, a number of other killings followed in a very short period of time. In some cases, new victims were even found on a daily basis.
They killed the homeless, the sick, old men and women, mothers and children. With a hammer or even iron bars, they slapped their heads in and made their faces unrecognizable. Many of them were tortured and tormented. One victim was even had their eyes removed while they were still alive. To a pregnant woman, they cut the fetus out of the body.

Police were only able to link the murderous youths after the boy fled on July 7, 2007. First the boy himself was suspected of killing his friend and was interrogated. Eventually, though, it became clear that he hadn't committed the act and the police, with his help, created phantom images of the real killers. At the time, more than 2000 investigators and aides were already working to clarify the case. On 23 July 2007, Igor, Viktor and Alexander were arrested. Igor and Viktor were individually charged with 21 murders, eight armed robberies and animal cruelty. Alexander was led in court for two armed robberies. All three quickly confessed their actions. But Igor, of all people, withdrew his confession again and pleaded not guilty.
The trial began in June 2008. Evidence was listed such as blood stains from the victims on the suspects ' clothing and the many video recordings and photos. But the defense denied that the individuals in the video were the defendants. On 11 February 2009, all three were found guilty. Igor was found guilty of 21 murders and Viktor for 18 of the murders. They both received a life sentence and an additional 15 years in prison for the robberies. Alexander was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Das Motiv zu ihrer Tat ist umstritten. Angeblich sollen die Jungs für den Betreiber einer Website gearbeitet haben, der für ihre Snuff-Videos sehr viel Geld zahlen wollte. Doch die Polizei vermutete eher, dass es den Jugendlichen lediglich um den Spaß am Töten ging. Die Videos dienten als Erinnerungsstücke. Igor sammelte sogar Zeitungsausschnitte, die ihre Taten thematisierten. Im Internet erlangte der Fall unter dem Titel 3 Guys 1 Hammer traurige Berühmtheit.

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