@its-linus.bsky.social
Reporter at Swedish Television’s Verification Unit. Focus: OSINT, war/conflict, disinformation and online extremism.
Four years have passed since then and @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social & I have just published our newest piece about the German member White Tiger and how he allegedly pushed Jay Taylor, a 13-year-old from the US, into hanging himself. It's the cover story of @spiegel.de print magazine this week.
28.11.2025 00:48 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
The investigation is growing against the 17-year-old boy from Umeå who was a member of the sadist network in 764. He is now suspected of another case of solicitation of suicide. The police want the public's help regarding the investigation and appeal for witness statements www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
06.09.2025 20:54 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Police are now seeking a specific user who chatted with Chai and published screenshots from their conversations. This user is not suspected of any crime. “We believe this person may have very valuable information,” prosecutor Jenny Östling said on Efterlyst.
05.09.2025 11:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Most of these alleged crimes took place after his previous conviction. Two of the suspicions concern involvement in two stabbings last year by another 764/NLM member known as Slain. In this screenshot from one of the Stockholm stabbings, the alias Chai can be seen attending the livestream.
05.09.2025 11:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The suspicions are severe, especially since Chai was a minor:
– 2 counts of attempted murder
– 2 counts of incitement to suicide
– 1 count of aiding & abetting attempted murder
– 1 count of aiding & abetting aggravated assault
– 1 count of aggravated exploitation of a child for sexual posing
Our investigation for SVT showed that Chai remained active within 764 while serving his sentence of youth supervision—a punishment carried out at home.
05.09.2025 11:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Chai has previously been convicted of 764-linked crimes: incitement to suicide, CSAM, and sexual offenses against a 13 year old boy.
He was apprehended for the second time in April 2025—the same day we published an investigation into his activities in the network.
Police appeared on the Swedish crime-appeal show Efterlyst yesterday, asking the public for information on the 764/Com member Chai.
Chai, already a suspect of several serious crimes, now faces another suspicion of incitement to suicide.
www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
A Norwegian teenager with links to 764 has been indicted, including on suspicion of sexual offences against a girl in another country, reports Norwegian TV2. The teenager is said to have been in contact with “Slain”, the Swede who stabbed two people in Stockholm last year
www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...
German authorities say the online user known as “White Tiger” was a leading figure in the 764 network. The 20‑year‑old suspect from Hamburg was arrested on 17 June 2025. He is charged, among other things, with serious sexual abuse of children, attempted murder, and murder committed via the internet.
30.07.2025 18:56 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Chattkonversation från polisutredning där svensken erbjuder en annan användare ett jobb.
Vi kan också berätta om ”Samurai Z” - som drev en av de största rekryteringsgrupperna. Bakom aliaset döljer sig enligt polis en svensk man, som nu sitter häktad i Chile i väntan på utlämning. Han misstänks bland annat vara inblandad i rekryteringen av en 13-åring som sköt en man i Malmö förra året.
26.06.2025 07:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Idag presenterar vi en kartläggning av några av gängens mest aktiva rekryterare på chattappen Telegram. Vi har samlat in nära 4 400 rekryteringsannonser om bland annat morduppdrag i Sverige och utomlands.
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
German authorities have arrested and charged 'White Tiger', a member of the ultra-sadist child abuse and exploitation cult, with murder for compelling an 13-year-old American to kill himself. This is a first re: 764. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/ham...
18.06.2025 14:44 — 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
A judge ordered a 14-year-old Oregon boy to remain in custody as a safety threat to himself and others as he faces attempted murder accusations in an alleged mass shooting plot uncovered when an undercover FBI agent was chatting with the teen in a 764 chat.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Intervjuas av Dagens ETC om 764.
06.06.2025 09:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Some people deny reality because they’re confused.
Some deny it because they’re scared.
Some because they’re angry.
But then there’s something deeper, something more organised.
Something I call disordered denial.
In a post from around three months ago, the account describes building and simulating a mass stabbing inside a school setting in the game.
7/7
An alias mentioned in the manifesto leads to a Reddit account. The account mostly posts about the violent sandbox game Gorebox – a game where users can freely build, destroy, and simulate graphic scenarios.
6/7
A video circulating on social media appears to show part of the attack. A masked individual films himself holding a knife and then approaching and attacking someone. Finnish public broadcaster Yle has assessed the footage and considers it authentic.
5/7
yle.fi/a/7-10078255...
In the text, he writes that he wanted to do something “meaningful,” that he had no friends, and wasn’t interested in making any.
4/7
The motive is still unknown. However, in the manifesto, the alleged attacker states that he deliberately targeted girls. He claims to have planned the attack for six months and says he used ChatGPT during that planning process.
3/7
At 10:42 AM – the same time police were alerted about the attack – a manifesto was sent to the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti. The manifesto is believed by police to have been written by the suspect.
2/7
www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/45...
A student stabbed three girls at a school in Finland this morning. The alleged perpetrator was arrested shortly after the attack and is suspected of attempted murder. The victims' injuries are reported to be non-life-threatening.
1/7 🧵
www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Nu framkommer det att också polisens NFC, som har landets tyngsta forensiska spetskompetens, nobbar TV4:s ljudanalys.
– Det går inte att urskilja, överhuvudtaget, vad som sägs. Inte ens om det är en man eller kvinna, säger utredningsledare Kristoffer Zickbauer till DN.
www.dn.se/sverige/inif...
Vi pratade med två experter som båda kallade analysen otillförlitlig. Trots att det inte fanns några tydliga bevis bakom påståendet spreds det vidare, bland annat av ett salafistiskt konto som var drivande bakom LVU-kampanjen mot Sverige.
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Efter masskjutningen i Örebro publicerade TV4 Nyheterna en uppmärksammad "ljudanalys", där man påstod att någon brast ut "Ni ska bort från Europa" under skjutningen. Man erbjöd inte tittarna någon verklig transparens kring hur analysen gjordes.
www.tv4.se/artikel/7qTR...
Thwarted terrorist attacks, stabbings, murder – and more than 100 alleged members arrested in at least four countries: What exactly is the so-called ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ (MKU/MMC/М.К.У./MKY), and which cases have been linked to it? (justifiably or not, but more on that later…)
10.05.2025 01:57 — 👍 83 🔁 30 💬 5 📌 10
I spoke with Swedish TV channel SVT 🇸🇪 about the threat posed by a Brazilian cell of the violent transnational network Com 764 Network, which has targeted Lady Gaga's concert.
Many thanks to my friend Linus for the opportunity.
www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Finsk polis bekräftar för tidningen Iltalehti att man känner till flera 764-kopplade fall i landet. Fallen rör bland annat sexuella övergrepp mot barn samt uppmaningar till självskadebeteende och självmord – med både finländska offer och gärningspersoner.
www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/b0...
