German Prosecutors Probe Alleged Leader of Sadistic Online Group
Prosecutors say Kai M. joined and founded groups that targeted mostly girls online and pushed minors toward self-harm, murder and arson.
- Germany's Federal Prosecutor Office detained Kai, a 19-year-old from near Trier, suspected of belonging to two "right-wing extremist" criminal organizations.
- Members of these groups, which Kai founded and joined no later than March 2024, scoured social media and gaming platforms to manipulate young people into degrading acts or self-harm.
- Prosecutors allege the groups incited 15-year-old Timofey K. to attack a school in Gorki-2, Russia, killing 10-year-old Kobiljon Aliev, a fourth-grader.
- Kai reportedly "exerted influence" on teenagers in the United States and Sweden to set vehicles on fire and coerced a European child into severe self-harm with a knife.
- Since March 17, 2026, Kai has remained in custody as authorities investigate the full scope of both criminal organizations' operations across multiple countries.
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He is said to have made children in Russia kill a 10-year-old with a knife at a school via forums on the Internet. He also allegedly asked young people to set cars on fire.
Germany arrests 19-year-old accused of running online groups that groomed teens into self-harm and incited a fatal stabbing at a Russian school
Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said it had detained a teenager identified as Kai M, who is suspected of belonging to two “right-wing extremist” criminal organizations.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating a 19-year-old who is said to have incited young people into serious acts of violence in several countries via chats.
German prosecutors probe alleged leader of sadistic online group
German prosecutors said Thursday they had arrested the suspected ringleader of an online group which incited murder and other acts of sadistic violence involving minors.The suspect, only partially named as Kai M., was arrested in March and is in pre-trial detention, federal prosecutors said, adding that he is aged under 20 and would be tried...
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