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Subscribe to RSSThis YouTube video was uploaded by the Oksana Makar's mother. It has been reported that the 18-year-old calls for her attackers to be castrated.
A teen who prosecutors say was gang-raped, strangled and then set on fire has died, a hospital official said on Thursday. Oksana Makar's case sparked public protests in Ukraine.
Hundreds of people took to the streets earlier this month after police released two of 18-year-old Makar's three suspected attackers. Their parents reportedly had political connections and the move re-ignited a public debate on corruption in the ex-Soviet republic.
Makar's plight gained further attention when her mother, Tetyana Surovitska, encouraged her to describe the ordeal in a video clip uploaded to YouTube.
In the video Makar calls for her attackers to be castrated and imprisoned, according to local English language newspaper Kyiv Post. It named the suspects as Yevhen Krasnoschek, 23; Maksym Prisyazhnyuk, 24; and Artem Pogosyan, 22.
The three were arrested, but two -- whose parents had political connections -- were released without charge. They were re-arrested after the intervention of President Viktor Yanukovich who sent an investigating team to the town of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine.
'Her heart activity stopped'
Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko confirmed earlier this month that the parents of at least one of the three suspects were former government officials in the Mykolaiv region.
"Lung bleeding began and then her heart activity stopped," said Emil Fistal, head of the specialist burns unit whre Makar was taken for treatment. "We tried three times to revive her with defribillation."
According to local media reports, Makar met two of the three accused in a bar on March 10. After spending some time there with them, she went to the apartment of the third.
The reports say she was then raped and one of the suspected attackers tried to strangle her with a cord. They subsequently wrapped her in a blanket, took her to a pit on a building site and tried to set her body on fire before escaping.
She was found by a passing motorist and taken to hospital with serious burns. She had both feet and an arm amputated in surgery, according to the reports.
The Kyiv Post also published what it said was leaked video of one of the three suspects’ interrogation.
In that clip, the suspect, apparently Krasnoschek, said he was only trying to burn a pillowcase they had accidentally taken with them.
After disposing of Makar, the three suspects went to the supermarket to buy more vodka and, after that, stopped at a street kiosk for tea.
The BBC reported there have been several protests in Mykolaiv and elsewhere in Ukraine, including Odessa and Kharkiv, about the case and its handling by authorities.
Reuters and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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So it don't only happen in the U.S., those with money and power can walk away from anything. Those of us with less better be willing to cop a plea bargain so we don't spend years in the prison system.
Very sad, Hope they carry their guilt for the rest of their lives..They should be castrated, wrapped and burned along with the two that got away.
Perhaps an accident on the keyboard- are you saying that you feel sorry that poor people can't get away with acting like animals too? I'm also disgusted that the rich and connected are being treated lightly. But I don't feel sorry for poor people convicted of heinous crimes going to jail.
Um... Evil like this has been happening since the dawn of civilization... To think corruption only happens/only ever happened in the US is being VERY naive and very ignorant.
Yes, great comparison story...good work msnbc. Did you know about this prior to her death? Terrible story but without the comparison to, people with influence or money being let off without charges, you would have never seen it.
It's impossible to fathom what goes on in the depraved minds of criminals like this and it's even more disturbing what goes on in the minds of those who let them off the hook for their total lack of a human spirit. Animals don't even act like this.
These 3 guys can't be human. Absolutely disgusting. That poor girl.
This BS would lessen, if, after trial and if found guilty, the guilty would suffer the identical fate of their victims! Of course, the wealthy/ privilage still may avoid trial, as seems may happen here.
If anything close to this would happened to my daughter, I would sacrifice my life to see that I had revenge with similar actions as theirs, brought on to them!
Those garbage sucking pieces of trash need to be slowly fed into a wood chipper feet first.
wahoo, evil like this has been happening to women and girls since the dawn of civilization. It's astonishing that females have anything to do with males, and many would be better off if they didn't. Men do these things, and men ought handle those among their gender who do these things to the most vulnerable. But they don't.
Of course it doesn't only happen in the US...It happened in Aruba, too. It happens EVERYWHERE, and a heck of a lot more than we know. So sad, but at least it's in the spotlight now, no way those monsters can still walk free.
"Revenge is mine" said the Lord. Everyone who commits a crime against another human has to face what they have done if not in this life, then the next.
littlechanges - we do handle it believe me, we do. Just because we don't publicly slit the POS's throat on the step of the White House doesn't mean we don't deal with them. Yes, more men could take action and too many remain silent when they have knowledge of it but then again how are we to know when women don't say a single word either.
Now, why are you singling out women as the only victims of crimes like this? You do understand men can be raped also, right? Well, at least recently we can - before that it's been called everything under the sun except rape. On top of that nobody really gives a damn when a guy is the victim and most are to embarrassed to say something.
Acts like this are horrible beyond words. Having been deployed my share of times I expect this to happen in 3rd world and very secular regions, however that still doesn't make it ok. To happen in more developed ares that claim to be civilized this is beyond reprieve. It's not one gender that needs to deal with wastes of air like this - it's society that does. Society allows this scum to continually suck resources from us and since we all have our coward suits on all the time now we feel as though we should release them. Where I live the law was recently changed and forcible rape offenders can be removed off the sex offenders registry after 20 years. Just so you know - there are women in office that voted for this. So it's not just men.
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The prison culture in former USSR is such that rapists not only might, but must be gang-raped by cellmates on the first day of imprisonment - that's the requirement of the unwritten criminal code of honor. Thereafter, they are required to cater to sexual needs of other prisoners, whenever and however somebody might have a wish for, for the duration of the term, and whenever they are imprisoned for other crimes in the future. The ones that attempt to keep their crime secret, or refuse to provide sexual favors, are severely beaten, usually to death. Serves them right.
Since the legal and political system failed in this instance there is aways a third option...
Sad. I hope everyone out there can learn from this. Never drink alone with people who you have not been introduced to by friends you trust.
Don't go alone.
Jennifer, New York....sorry, but that will be the last thing that happens. If they are not caught and killed here there will be no justice.
From the article:
"The three were arrested, but two -- whose parents had political connections -- were released without charge. They were re-arrested after the intervention of President Viktor Yanukovich who sent an investigating team to the town of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine."
They'll face sentence. Now that the girl has died (R.I.P.) they will likely face murder charges in addition to all the other heinous goddamned crimes they committed that culminated in this tragic loss of life. These vodka sucking gangsters will burn for this.
The murderers should get life in prison.
Those who freed them should be brought up on corruption charges and aiding and abetting after the fact.
Good thing it didn't happen here. If she survived the Teatards would want to force her to carry the rapists' baby to term. The good Christians would label her a "whore" and if she sought help she'd be labeled a "welfare queen".
I didn't know the Ukraine had the republican "Let 'em die" Health Insurance.
Like the U.S. has any control over crime in the Ukraine!
There are Ukrainians living here that have the same mindset as their hometown buddies. I can say that because my step-son is a Ukrainian. I guess life in over there is survival of the fittest.
RIP my sweet.
workingpoor-2370498
your are an idiot...what the hell does poltics in this country have to do with this....you need your ludes for the day. Oh I know you are a liberetard that would let them go.
justredd64, you are absolutely no better than workingpoor. I am a left-leaning moderate, but even I was appalled at the inappropriateness of that post -- and I was planning to comment accordingly. However, you beat me to it... sort of. You take workingpoor to task for his/her remark, yet you stoop to exactly the same level?? Why is it that so many people who are offended by name calling and stereotypes end their own posts by pulling out their favorite gems against those they do not agree with? Are name calling and stereotypes only offensive as long as you are the one on the receiving end? Both of you need to grow up.
you political-heads are not very funny. if you rather fight over politics go some where else. it's getting boring and over a tragedy such as this, need to get real.
The left and the right constantly attacking each other same @!$%# different day
Big Al, I sincerely doubt either of these individuals accurately represent either the "left" or the "right." At least, I sincerely hope not. Don't give them that kind of power, please.
Anoymous User, isn't the type of environment that you describe in the U.S.S.R. prison exactly what these types of criminals would enjoy the most?
fgh,
You may enjoy sucking on a meaty lollypop and having your a-hole getting regular workouts. But for most males who are not natural-born members of certain minority this would be the hell on earth, that most of the ones subjected to it duly deserved.
These three bastards need to be executed painfully. Preferably with a giant drill, and within sight of each other.
i dont see why comments are getting deleted, instead of collapsed. i think i have the right to agree or disagree with a post. imo
these guys still might not see prison, unless they have at least some DNA. then perhaps that along with this girls statement, they might convict, but being there... i wouldnt hold my breath for all 3 to go to prison. then too seeing the pres sent a team of investigators, might never know.
one thing for sure is, these guys are scum. it was not her wish for them to be put to death, but to be sure they never harm another woman again, and fair enough as long as the prison term starts right after castration, and its a good stiff life. yup, cut all the junk off, and might want to issue them a dress just for the first night when all better to start their sentence. lets think about this for a sec. talk about a unic? "prison b!otch would be an understatement i think. even in American prisons. i dont think even a cage over that @ss would hold out longer than reaching his cell, hahahahaaa!
saddened: You wrote almost word for word what I wanted to say.
Isnt Zimmermans father a judge and thats why he wasnt arrested?
People need to start going vigilante on stuff like this. Im sorry but its true.
Fully agreed, as it does not seem to matter what country it is, the Golden Rule applies, those with the gold rule.
I do know that were my family or friends raped as this woman was, and the police released the attackers, I would shoot the attackers in short order, a la the book/movie A Time to Kill.
You are correct. Maybe gun sales are way up because people don't believe the police can protect them any longer. The rule of law is getting pretty muddied even in the US these days.
zimmerman was taken into custody. Follow the facts not public opinion.
....moron....
Folks in the US: In the Martin case apparently Mr. Zimmerman was arrested by the police but then when the case got to the higher ups they were told to release him. Wakehead: "the rule of law" is EXACTLY what protects these people. There is no such thing as justice in the courtroom. If that is what people are looking for they will not find it. When cases reach the legal arena it then becomes jousting between prosecutors and defense attorneys. This is a money thing (even if it is pro-bono as I'm sure there will be great squeals of 'no') and a 'notch in their gun' so-to-speak. ANYTIME there is a question look at the Casey Anthony case. There was absolutely no justice on any side there. The little victim never got any justice. The rest of the circus, from the judge, jury, and attorneys and the media, had their jollies whether it was money or power they never even entertained the idea of justice! Do NOT expect it here either. In the courtroom ONLY the 'rule of law' and the 'system' are protected and followed, NOT THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE in ANY form!
@1trick, While I disagree with TEvil's vigilante assertion, you may want to know that "Taken into custody" is *not* the same thing as "Arrested". Look it up. Yea, facts are sometimes messy :/
These sorts of things happen when life is not valued. Both are sad situations that need to be changed.When women and children are not valued, we all suffer. Money and position seem to take precedence over the law.
Wakehead
Guns sales are up because fear is up because gun sales are up because fear... get it? Add the false fears from the NRA political puppeteers and you have a perfect profit-making machine.
And we think it perfectly cool to put someone with violence in their record as a neighborhood watch block captain while packing a gun and emboldened by a "stand your ground" law. Think about how f*cking stupid that is. Maybe just pause a second or two... it'll come to you...
Put the above into play, add a young kid in a hoody, and subconscious and irrational fears pop up and BANG!, we have a young man dead on the ground... then we walk away with blood on our hands, ignoring all indications that something is terribly wrong.
We can criticize Zimmerman all day long for those subconscious and irrational fears, but they exist in us all in some form. Realizing this, we need to focus even more on how we let anyone, let alone Zimmerman, find their way to that situation.
He was NOT arrested because his story matched the WITNES'S statement that he was DEFENDING himself.
BUT i believe this story is about some girl in the UKRANE, these people should be put through casteration and imprisoned for 20 years.
I don't know where you got your info, but you are just as stupid as you appear ! Going vigilante would be the last thing people should do !
Just saying it like I see it- Very nice comment. But 20 years? Personally, this crime sounds more like they deserve a life sentence.
This is terrible, I hope she get her wish that they be castrated and imprisioned!
Well last October I recieved this tid bit from a friend whose grand son is studying in Perth, Austrailia. This grandma did something about it, maybe we need to send her to the Ukraine.
Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off when
two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the
unsuspecting ex-cons down... And shot off their testicles.
"The old lady spent a week hunting those men down and,
when she found them, she took revenge on them in her own special
way," said Melbourne police investigator Evan Delp.
Then she took a taxi to the nearest police station, laid the
gun on the sergeant's desk, and told him as calmly as she could,
"Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by God."
Cops say convicted rapist and robber Davis Furth, 33, lost
both his penis and his testicles when outraged Ava opened fire
with a 9-mm pistol in the hotel room where he and former
prison cell mate, Stanley Thomas, 29, were holed up.
The wrinkled avenger also blew Thomas' testicles to kingdom
come, but doctors managed to save his mangled penis, police said. "The one
guy, Thomas, didn't lose his manhood, but the doctor I talked to said
he won't be using it the way he used to," Detective Delp told
reporters. "Both men are still in pretty bad shape, but I think
they're just happy to be alive after what they've been through."
The Rambo Granny swung into action August 21 after her
granddaughter Debbie was carjacked and raped in broad daylight by two
knife-wielding creeps in a section of town bordering on skid row.
"When I saw the look on my Debbie's face that night in
the hospital, I decided I was going to go out and get those bastards
myself 'cause I figured the Law would go easy on them,” recalled the
retired library worker.
"And I wasn't scared of them, either - because I've got
me a gun and I've been shootin' all my life. And I wasn't dumb
enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."
So, using a police artist's sketch of the suspects and
Debbie's description of the sickos, tough-as-nails Ava spent seven days
prowling the wino-infested neighborhood where the crime took place till she
spotted the ill-fated rapists entering their flophouse hotel.
"I knew it was them the minute I saw 'em, but I shot a
picture of 'em anyway and took it back to Debbie and she said sure as
hell, it was them," the oldster recalled...
"So I went back to that hotel and found their room and
knocked on the door, and the minute the big one opened the door,
I shot 'em right square between the legs, right where it would really
hurt 'em most, you know. Then I went in and shot the other one as
he backed up, pleading to me to spare him.
Then I went down to the police station and turned myself in."
Now, baffled lawmen are trying to figure out exactly how to
deal with the vigilante granny. "What she did, was wrong, and she
broke the law, but it is difficult to throw an 81-year-old woman in
prison," Det. Delp said, "especially when 3 million people in
the city want to nominate her for Mayor."
heh, go granny.
The last thing we need is more vigilante justice. We need to have better laws that apply to everyone no matter how connected they are or how much money they have. That's been the problem all along. It sure doesn't help to have lawmakers who seem to have forgotten what honesty and integrity mean, does it?
Interesting story-too bad it's another urban legend on the loose. http://www.snopes.com/crime/justice/grambo.asp.
I heard that story years ago..... You can look it up on Snopes, it originated in 1998 and was a story for entertainment, it didn't really happen.
Still that story pushes all the right buttons for those who hate any kind of gun control. Justifies in their own minds that RPG they have in their basement.
But... but... EVERYTHING you read on the internet is TRUE!!!
A marine punched an atheist professor in the face! A rocket car went Mach 1 and flew 3 km!
I JUST WON THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY!
For Christ's sake, people, stop re-posting these tired old internet legends that serve no other purpose than to bolster your own point of view. Think of it this way: if you can't find REAL evidence to back up your position, and have to make some up, doesn't that indicate that maybe you're wrong?
Ms. Barb & Ms. Mom;
I called my friend and he said he received it from his Grandson and did not bother to "check it out" as being he was "down under" and since the story was from there, he gave it credence. I thank you both for the "heads up". But, it still is a good story none the less and makes us wonder if it couldn't come true. Have a nice day. Thanx/Shalom
Castrated - hardly so :-(
But guaranteed as hell they will be (or most likely already had been while under pre-trial arrest) gang-raped so severely that their most sensitive hole was torn to resemble the British flag. ;-)
Anonymous User, why do you think that such an environment as you describe in U.S.S.R. prisons would not be completely enjoyable to these types of criminals? To me, it is apparently another failure of a justice system to provide real justice.
Dreeves you can write up all the laws you want, but stuff like this will always happen. Sometimes, vingilante justice is what is needed.
Interesting story-too bad it's another urban legend on the loose.http://www.snopes.com/crime/justice/grambo.asp.
Well, it's no wonder people believe this story. Truth is stranger than fiction...
They need to be tried , convicted and put to death OR put in prison for life! Come on raped her, then set her on fire , she loses limps and then dies, this is clearly a case of evil people who should not get away with this no matter what class they come from, don't let these animals get away with this!
Evil people will always get away and innocent people will always get thrown in prison. Nothing will ever change. People are horrible, horrible monsters. There is absolutely no hope for humanity.
what bothers me is these people have the ability to do this to another human being, and then after they are done? they go have tea. the sheer disregard for human life bordering on (or even passing into) sociopathy chills my blood. things posing as human beings such as these need to be removed from existence.
how about some Don Corleone justice? "I believe in America..."
There is absolutely no hope for humanity.
Well, if you believe in jesus, he believed in you. so its not all that bad.
The question is can we live together? – Yes we can live together but not as an inclusive society because the difference will always be there as long as there are beneficiaries.
What a shame for the poor young lady to have died. Her parents must be so very upset. What a horrible ordeal for her to endure. Can you imagine what she went through? And please don't say her morals were bad and that she brought it on herself. That is a horrible fate to have to go through. How frightening. And such a beautiful young women to have her life snuffed out "like a candle in the wind."
She went to a pub and met someone, and then left with someone, which is no crime in any non islamist non Santorum country. Nothing excuses rape, assault, or attack by fire.
anna-617587, What's "Santorum country" suppose to mean ?
she thinks Santorum wants to take away her right to fornicate by not making us buy her birth control.
Dont worry honey, you can still buy rubbers and pills with your own money, just not with your food stamps.
Oh, look-- another genius who thinks the birth control/healthcare debate is about getting birth control for free on welfare!
The argument is about having your healthcare provider pay for it. Your healthcare provider. The one you already pay to provide you with healthcare.
1trick is a good name for you.
Raymond, Santorum Country is that mythical theocracy ruled by the Ayatollah Santorumeni, where women are subservient to their boss man husband, don't need either an education or birth control because their only goal in life is to worship their spouse, and have a baby per year.
Anna I totally agree with you. Never heard it said that way before. But agree. MP928 , you explained it well.
The crazy thing about the taxpayer not paying for abortion or contraception argument is that a unwanted child is usually someone who will use more govt services, which costs us taxpayers more than any abortion or contraception cost.
Gotta love the political heads to turn this into some sort of political discussion. Anna, you are more evil than these perps.
Communism has always been a lie. It is corruption masked by a philosophical sham, failing to realize that "absolute power corrupts absolutely."
While Communism has "died," the former Communist countries are now run by pure corruption.
Really, it is no different in the US. Look at the Trayvon Martin case. George Zimmerman is still walking.
Jman - If you think your rights in this country mean nothing try living in the majority of other countries in this world...I think you'll quickly change your mind.
TLJOHNS - So just because we're not as bad off as some but still not as good as others that makes it ok? Last time I checked one of the main freedoms in this country was the ability to speak out when a citizen thinks this place is going to sh*t. If you just want to sit around with you a** in the air waiting for Uncle Sam - be my guest.
The rest of us will attempt to save this sinking ship or go down trying.
tljohns, have you been to the majority of other countries in this world? to make such a statement?
The rights of the American citizen have eroded. This is partly evident in the erosion of the middle class. (By middle class, I do not mean those in the leisure classes who just might not be able to buy every single little thing that they desire.)
I tell you what, if that was my daughter lying there, they wouldn't have to worry about what they were going to do with those 3 guys. Their deaths would be the last thing I'd accomplish in my life.
I'm with you on that. Too much of this behavior is tolerated throughout the world.
These people need to set all three of these men on fire after castrating them with a dull knife. Every country needs to quit tolerating this kind of behavior. There are some people that are just too evil to live and should be put down.
Castration yes, but don't stop there. If cutting it all off were the punishment for rape there would be a lot fewer of them!
Unfortunately around the world, women are not treated as equals to men. Hell, we're not even getting equal pay for equal work here in the good ole USA. John Lennin said it best: "woman is the @!$%# of the world".
You rock Eileen! Hit the nail right on the head. Unfortunately in this "real world" of ours, this is absolutely true. We think here in the states that we're equal, but it's a farce. We are not equal. Never has been. Never will be.
We can scream and stomp all we like, but our male peers just look down on us and laugh at us. they can't kill us like they do in other countries, but they kill our spirits. That's just as bad as being stoned, etc.
But...I love women. :(
Well we all knew it was only a matter of time before your type would come out of the wood work and make this a feminist issue...
Just like we do when we casterate calves, cut the sack open and just pull them out.
Such a sad story, the rapists could all do with a chop ..... honestly how dare they relaesed them in the first instance .....the attackers better do the time !
and a frontal lobotomy...
I hope her last wishes are granted. Actually, I would love to have them all in prison just long enough for them to suffer like she did ( gang raped) and setting all 3 on fire - but wait just a small fire so their hands and feet will have to be removed due to the burns. Yep that's what I would like.
What can one say about this? It is repulsive to know someone can do this to another human or any living thing. If true, castration is too good for those three men.
My prayers are with her family and loved ones she left behind.
your'e still half asleep -
"in the video Makar calls for her attackers to be castrated and imprisoned,"
i agree with her too
Actually, christine, Ryan was right. This is how they originally had the caption on the video:
But for some reason, they deleted Ryan's comment calling them out on it. It was probably an honest typo, but there was no need to go deleting a comment that was in no way offensive and did nothing other than point out an error by msnbc staff, other than to save face.
That was in poor taste to delete Ryan's post. Poor taste indeed.
ah, i stand corrected, they must have updated it as i replied :-)
still think they should be hung drawn and quatered, disgusting excuses for humans!
Ryan, you need to read the story, not just the captions under the pictures...this isn't Playboy.
If you are beautiful and like to drink, you have to be really careful with who you associate. Very sad story indeed. Hope the opportunistic guys will be punished.
"Gang-raped, strangled and set on fire."
Sounds like a deathcore metal band name.
Please keep your jokes out of stories about murdered women who have been brutally raped. God grant you a heart and a soul.
you one funny guy Chris... dumba$$..
God grant you a sense of humor.
It'd be real funny were the woman in question your sister, daughter, aunt, or mum, now wouldn't it, Chris?
But it wasn't.
a death is never funny, even if they are your enemy, that is if you are human. (and animation characters do not count)
Chris-629698 just does not 'have an elevator that can reach the top floor'.
They should be executed after being castrated with a butter knife.
What a tragedy. They took turns using her and then disposed of her like garbage. Then back to drinking! The most disturbing aspect of this to me is the sociopathic behaviors exhibited by 3 men together. It's almost like they were a pack of wolves hunting together. They so casually went about their day after. This makes me think that this wasn't the first time they committed crimes like these, either together or alone.
world has come to be (IS) insanity society.
I guess humans will never stop finding more disgusting ways to brutalize each other.
Rape is not a crime that when it is over,it is over for the victim!! The memory of rape lasts a life time!!!!! Put that together with the attempted strangling and being set on fire,,,,,BURN THIS CREEPS SLOWLY,,,VERY SLOWLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She said , "Cut off their eggs and feed it to the dogs", I don't understand why they did translated it correctly. There is a movie called "Voroshilovskiy strelok" (Voroshilowskiy sniper" if translated ), the grandfather of one gang raped girl did just that, he was sniper during World War II , he took sniper gun, and shoot those guys eggs off one my one. Very good movie (encouraging).
Hopefully she gets her wish!
Can't comment on this one, I'm too p*ssed, animal b*st*rds.
Evil runs rampant in the hearts of men.