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Leader of neo-Nazi death cult extradited to US for plot to poison Jewish children (www.euronews.com)

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The leader of an eastern European neo-Nazi group has been extradited to the United States from Moldova following his arrest last summer for allegedly instructing an undercover federal agent to dress as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and racial minorities, prosecutors have said.

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old originally from Georgia, was arraigned on Friday before a federal judge in Brooklyn on multiple felonies, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence.

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[–] opossumo@lemmings.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Prosecutors described Chkhikvishvili, who also goes by "Commander Butcher," as the leader of the Maniac Murder Cult, an international extremist group that adheres to a "neo-Nazi accelerationist ideology and promotes violence and violent acts against racial minorities, the Jewish community and other groups it deems 'undesirables.'"

They said the group’s violent solicitations, promoted through Telegram channels and outlined a manifesto called the "Hater's Handbook," appear to have inspired multiple real life killings, including a school shooting in Nashville earlier this year that left a 16-year-old student dead.

Is it wishful thinking that his arrest might end the group?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

He’ll get pardoned.

[–] shani66@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. We'd have to properly deal with the rest of the cult to end it, which would be awesome but we really don't have a good track record with that.