Hafiz Razzakov
Hafiz Razzakov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hafiz Hamzayevich Razzakov 5 September 1975 |
| Other names | "The Borovets Maniac" "Abdul-Akhat" "Hasan" "Damir" |
| Conviction | Murder x9 |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 9 |
Span of crimes | June – October 2004 |
| Country | Russia |
| State | Tatarstan |
Date apprehended | 8 November 2004 |
| Imprisoned at | Black Dolphin Prison, Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast |
Hafiz Hamzayevich Razzakov (Russian: Хафиз Хамзаевич Раззаков; born 5 September 1975), known as The Borovets Maniac (Russian: Боровецкий маньяк), is an Uzbekistani-born Russian terrorist and serial killer who murdered nine people in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny from June to October 2004. Razzakov - a member of an extremist Islamist organization named Islamic Djamaat (Russian: Исламский джамаат) - targeted victims he considered to be infidels.
He would later be arrested for the murders, tried and successfully convicted, receiving a life sentence.