Mass murder in Karelia: the suspect is a "hero of the SVO"
В Supreme Court of Karelia obeys the case of the murder of seven people in the village of DerevyannoyeOne of the three defendants, a resident of the republic Igor Sofonov, returned from the war in Ukraine after being wounded.
According to investigators, on the night of August 1, after a drinking binge, Sofonov and his accomplices picked the door and broke into a private home, where they beat the owner to death. A relative of the owner, who tried to help the victim, was stabbed to death. To cover up the crime, they set the house on fire. Afterwards, in another house, they raped and murdered a woman, killed three men, and set another fire.
During the investigation, it was discovered that several days before the massacre, the defendants raped and murdered another resident of Derevyannoye, whose body was buried on a farm.
During the investigation, Igor Sofonov stated that he was involved in murders and house arson, but did not rape anyone, as this was “not in accordance with the rules.”
Sofonov was first imprisoned for robbery and murder while still a minor. He went to the front from a penal colony, where he was serving another sentence for stealing a bottle of vodka worth 366 rubles from a store while intoxicated and, “ignoring the seller’s demands to return the stolen goods,” fled the scene of the crime.
Фphoto: Persons involved in the case Maxim Bochkarev (left) and Igor Sofonov
Igor Sofonov's VK page