Academy maniacs

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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) were a serial killer duo from Irkutsk, Russia, known as the Academy maniacs and the Irkutsk Molotochniki (Hammer Men of Irkutsk). The pair collectively committed six murders and injured nine others in a series of attacks that took place in Irkutsk Academgorodok between 14 November 2010 and 3 April 2011, while still teenagers. Both perpetrators were detained on 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...

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