Karelian massacre. Mass murder in the village of Wooden (and what does the war in Ukraine have to do with it)

In the Karelian village on the shores of Lake Onega on August 1, a mass murder occurred. According to the investigation, two drunken recidivists were killed by six people, and then they set fire to them at home. One of them since the fall of last year fought in Ukraine, most likely, as part of the Wagner PMC, the second - repeatedly convicted, including rape, was afraid of the whole village. The Mediazon gathered everything that became known about the accused and the victims over the past three days.

On the night of August 1, in a wooden - built on the shore of Lake Onezh Karelsky village 25 kilometers from Petrozavodsk - two fires occurred at once. Two private houses burned. When the firefighters finished extinguishing the fire and examined the rooms, they found six human bodies. In the first house there were corpses of three men and one woman with knife wounds, in the neighboring - the bodies of two more men.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the murder of two or more persons and almost immediately reported on the detention of suspects - two local residents.

The reason for the murder in the Karelia Ministry of Internal Affairs was called "a long -standing conflict on household grounds." At home, the accused set fire to hide the traces of the crime.

The accused. One fought in Ukraine, the second was afraid of fellow villagers

On charges of murder, the court arrested two people-37-year-old Maxim Bochkarev and 38-year-old Igor Sorophonov. As the local edition of Karelia.news found out , they were familiar for a long time and served the deadlines in one colony, which is confirmed by joint photographs . Sofonov several times tried for numerous thefts , robbery and illegal drug trafficking.

In addition, Sophones, apparently, participated in the war against Ukraine; He was probably recruited by the Wagner PMC, wrote Karelia.news with reference to sources. At the same time, on an avatar , one of his VKontakte profiles depicts the logo of the Storm Z detachment - the division of the Ministry of Defense, which is equipped with former prisoners.

Sofonov repeatedly published pictures with weapons in his hands, one of the first such photographs appeared on his page in the twentieth of October. In the comments under it, Sophones replies that everything in the photo “from the camp”; Other users clarify that we are talking about the “Yablonevka” (an interview with Wagner recruited in the “Wagner” of the IK-7 Yablonevka located in St. Petersburg in February was published by 47news ). The fact that Sofonov fought as part of the "PMC of Wagner" was told to journalists by the inhabitants of the wooden. On March 17, he wrote : “The fees are home! There and back! Everything will be Russia! ”

As noted by Daily. Karelia ”, in court, Sofonov claimed that he was wounded at the front, and answered the questions of the judge as a military man:“ That's for sure. ” In addition, at a meeting where Sophones elected a preventive measure, it became known that last year he was pardoned.

Like Sofonov, Maxim Bochkarev is a recidivist: he was tried for rape, violent actions of a sexual nature, robbery, robbery and theft of the machine. The inhabitants of the wooden told Komsomolskaya Pravda that they were afraid of Bochkarev, he behaved aggressively, often drunk and walked with an ax in the village. At the same time, judging by the personal page of VKontakte, he is married, two years ago he had a child.

“They wrote a stack of statements to the police on Bochkin. He with his friend walked with an ax and knives shopping and streets. But the district police officer did not find a council for him. Although the police were called repeatedly, ”one of the local residents told Komsomolskaya Pravda. - People were afraid to leave the house. Because he with a "rose" (broken bottle) guarded people and rushed at them. Probably under substances was. "

The guilt of the murder of fellow villagers of Sophones and Bochkarev deny.

Victims. Six stabbed adults and two surviving children

The house was the first to be in the lane of friendship, where 38-year-old Artem Tereshchenko lived. Together with him were children - a boy and a girl. Their mother, Artem's wife, went to work. Komsomolskaya Pravda writes that Bochkarev and Sophones broke into the house to Tereshchenko; According to another version , all three drank together.

At some point, his father, 71-year-old Vladimir Tereshchenko, who lived in the neighborhood, came to Artem. Both men were killed, but the children either fled , or they spared and “threw the killers themselves out”.

As KP ​​and Karelia.news write with reference to the inhabitants of the village and anonymous sources among the security forces, while the firefighters extinguished the first house, Bochkarev and Sophones broke into the neighboring one, located about 200 meters.

There lived a Lonin family: 47-year-old Brothers Dmitry and 42-year-old Konstantin and their 38-year-old sister Svetlana. Visiting Lonins was 76-year-old Vladimir Sergienko. According to the inhabitants of the wooden, the dead drank a lot, and their house was something like a brothel for local marginals.

The villagers believe that the killers could go to Lonin by accident, because their doors and windows did not close.

Editor: Dmitry Tkachev