Alleged Copycat Case in Irkutsk
On April 5, 2011, two youths, Artem Anufriev (Russian: Артем Ануфриев) (born in 1992) and Nikita Lytkin (Russian: Никита Лыткин) (born in 1993) were arrested in connection with six murders and attacks on residents in Akademgorodok in Irkutsk, Russia. The attacks, which involved a mallet and knife, began in December 2010. Both were arrested after a video recording showing a female body being mutilated with a knife was found on a camera belonging to Litkin's uncle, who had become suspicious. According to media reports, the youths were influenced by reading about the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs on the Internet. A psychiatric examination found them sane, and they told doctors they chose weak people as their victims. On April 2, 2013, Anufriev was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Litkin to 24 years in prison.
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