Koptsev stated that while testifying on the day the crime was committed, he was in a state of shock. He previously stated that he committed the crime out of hatred for Jews. “I wanted to say that I renounce the testimony I gave when I was detained. The next day an investigator came to see me, and I had more control over myself,” Koptsev said in court. Moreover, at the hearing on Friday, the young man said that he regrets the people he hurt and does not want them to die.