Oleg Petrosyan

Oleg Petrosyan
Олег Петросян
Born
Oleg Gennadyevich Petrosyan

(1977-11-20) 20 November 1977 (age 47)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Other namesKarate Maniac
Conviction(s)Murder x6
Attempted murder x3
Criminal penaltyCompulsory treatment
Details
Victims6–7
Span of crimes
c. 1992–2008
CountryRussia
Date apprehended
Late 2008

Oleg Gennadyevich Petrosyan (Russian: Олег Геннадьевич Петросян; born 20 November 1977),[1] also known as the Karate Maniac (Russian: Маньяк-каратист), is a Russian serial killer and sadist who committed assaults on pedestrians in Moscow between 2005 and 2008, which resulted in six deaths.[2]

  1. ^ "ДАКТИЛОСКОПИЧЕСКОЕ И ДЕРМАТОГЛИФИЧЕCКОЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ПАПИЛЛЯРНЫХ УЗОРОВ СЕРИЙНЫХ УБИЙЦ" (PDF) (in Russian). Buryat State University. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "В столице задержан маньяк-каратист" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.