Post by Joanna on Apr 26, 2015 22:51:06 GMT -5
Russian Men Confess to 'Satanic' Mass Murder over Cellphone
Two men have confessed to killing five people after a dispute over a stolen cellphone at a drunken party in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan that escalated into murder and rape. Sergei Bukayev, 25 (above left), and Konstantin Surkov, 22 (right), admitted killing five guests, aged between 16 and 22, at the party in a flat in the town of Kumertau in the Ural mountains Friday, April 17.
Bukayev told prosecutors he became involved in a dispute with a host at the party, Leonid Peresnuko, 22, over a cellphone, grabbed him and killed him by stabbing him in the neck. He said he then grabbed the man's girlfriend, Irina Starikov, 21, and stabbed her to death.
Afterwards, Bukayev and Surkov decided to kill the remaining witnesses and proceeded to murder a 16-year-old girl, a 17-year-old boy and raping a 17-year-old girl before killing her, before torching the one-bedroom apartment. Firefighters found the bodies. Some of the victims had their throats slit reports Komosmolskaya Pravda.
A picture, taken by a friend of Skype, was circulated on social media of the partygoers just hours before the slaughter took place.
Russian media has speculated the group's fascination with the occult may have played a role in the murders. Surkov allegedly used the pseudonym “Lucifer's Blood” on social networks. In photographs of the crime scene, occult symbols can be seen carved into the limbs of the victims, reports NTV.
Surkov and Bukayev were arrested after being spotted on the side of a road by a truck driver, who recognized them from pictures featured in local media. They had cellphones and tablet computers they stole from the victims and intended to sell, it was claimed. Under Russian law, the two face a minimum of 20 years in prison.
Source: Tom Porter, IBTimes, April 20, 2015.
