{"id":158186,"date":"2025-10-02T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158186\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"suspected-1990s-serial-killer-caught-in-mahilou","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158186\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected 1990s serial killer caught in Mahilo\u016d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1117\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo_2025-10-02_11-56-46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo_2025-10-02_11-56-46.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo_2025-10-02_11-56-46-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo_2025-10-02_11-56-46-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo_2025-10-02_11-56-46-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo_2025-10-02_11-56-46-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Interior ministry)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 2, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>The Belarusian interior ministry\u2019s special forces unit Almaz arrested a 53-year-old man from Mahilo\u016d suspected of committing eight murders and other serious crimes between 1996 and 1999, the interior ministry reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect tracked down female victims and raped them in stairwells, elevators, on staircases and on rooftops, killing them by strangulation or stabbing if they resisted, law enforcers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He may be responsible for eight murders of Belarusian women aged between 12 and 20, as well as two attempted murders, they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian, Italian arrested at border for drug trafficking<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 30, Pozirk. 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The suspect tracked down female victims and raped them in stairwells, elevators, on staircases and on rooftops, killing them by strangulation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":158169,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-158186","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Suspected 1990s serial killer caught in Mahilo\u016d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 2, Pozirk. 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