Artyom Anoufriev and Nikita Lytkin | |
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 Nikita Lytkin (left) and Artyom Anoufriev (right) | |
| Born | October 4, 1992 (Anoufriev) March 24, 1993 (Lytkin) |
| Died | November 30, 2021 (aged 28; Lytkin) |
| Other names | "Academy Maniacs" "Irkutsk Molotochniki" |
| Motive | Inconclusive; notoriety and misanthropy appear to be primary factors |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (Anoufriev) 24 years' imprisonment, later changed to 20 years (Lytkin) |
| Details | |
Span of crimes | 2010–2011 |
| Country | Russia |
| State(s) | Irkutsk[n 1] |
| Killed | 6 |
| Injured | 9 |
Date apprehended | April 5, 2011 |
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Artyom Alexandrovich Anoufriev (Russian: Артём Александрович Ануфриев; October 4, 1992) and Nikita Vakhtangovich Lytkin (Russian: Никита Вахтангович Лыткин; March 24, 1993 – November 30, 2021) are two serial killers from Irkutsk, Russia, known as the Academy maniacs and the Irkutsk Molotochniki (Hammer Men of Irkutsk).[1][2][3][4] The pair collectively committed six murders and injured nine others in a series of attacks that took place in Irkutsk Academgorodok between 1 December 2010 and 5 April 2011, while still teenagers.
Both perpetrators were detained on the April 5, 2011, and were collectively charged with murder, robbery, abuse of victims' bodies and organizing extremist activities. The judicial investigation of the case lasted from August 2012 to February 2013. On April 2, 2013, the Irkutsk Regional Court sentenced Anoufriev to life imprisonment, and Lytkin to 24 years imprisonment. On October 3, 2013, the Supreme Court of Russia finalized the verdict of Anoufriev's life sentence, while Lytkin's sentence was reduced to 20 years imprisonment. On November 30, 2021, Lytkin slashed his wrists at the Correctional Colony No. 7 in Angarsk and was found dead in the early morning of December 1, 2021.[5]
The case is noteworthy for the fact that it was the first ever time that a case concerning violent extremism in the Irkutsk Oblast was solved using forensic science.[6][7]
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