MOSCOW: A serial killer who butchered his nine victims with a knife and hammer, and said he ate the hearts of two of them, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors said Alexander Bychkov targeted alcoholics and the homeless out of disdain for their way of life, lured them into deserted areas and killed them.
He described all nine killings in a journal with the words: "The bloody hunt of a predator born in the year of the dragon," state-run news agency RIA reported yesterday.
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