Maniac Murder Cult kingpin slammed as 'hate-mongering menace' jailed
· Toronto Sun
The ringleader of online international extremist group Maniac Murder Cult has been jailed for 15 years in a U.S. federal prison.
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Georgia native Michail Chkhikvishvili — a devout neo-Nazi who uses the nom du nut of Commander Butcher — even inspired a mass shooting in the U.S.
Prosecutors in New York City lambasted Chkhikvishvili as a “hate mongering menace.”
“Today’s sentence takes a monster off our streets and protects our communities at least for a time,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg said.
Prosecutors said Georgia extradited Chkhikvishvili to the U.S. in 2024 following a years-long investigation by the feds to link a slew of hate crimes. The neo-Nazi spent years spreading his vitriol in an attempt trigger a bloodbath.
What the kingpin did
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Chkhikvishvili fabricated “hate-fuelled, mass-casualty plans” and inspired others to commit attacks “based on his vile rhetoric.”
Among his twisted schemes was a 2023 plan to have a man dressed like Santa Claus to pass out deadly ricin-laced candy to Jewish children on New Year’s Eve. Using Telegram, he encouraged members of the Maniac Murder Cult to unleash a wave of hate crimes.
Prosecutors claimed that the Maniac Murder Cult is devoted to Neo-Nazi ideology and is known for promoting violence against racial minorities, the Jewish community, and other groups it deems undesirables.
“The defendant is a hate-mongering menace who intended to hurt and kill children in the Jewish community and in other minority communities in New York City,” said Joseph Nocella Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
During trips to New York City, Chkhikvishvili laid out plans for a massacre in the Big Apple to a trusted follower. The follower was, in reality, an undercover FBI agent.
Inspired teen Nashville killer
Solomon Henderson, 17, was one of the Maniac Murder Cult’s ardent disciples. In January 2025, he live-streamed his planned massacre at Nashville’s Antioch High School that left one girl dead and injured another student. Henderson then killed himself.
Detectives later found Henderson’s manifesto where he mentioned Chkhikvishvili. They said he committed the shootings at the behest of the Maniac Murder Cult.
“Once we saw how many chat rooms he was involved in, how many social media platforms he had, the lengths he went to cover it up, we realized it was a lot bigger than we could ever imagine,” Nashville Metro Police Capt. Chris Dickerson told NewsChannel5.
“So, when it comes to the Antioch shooting, he was targeted at a very young age. This wasn’t something that happened overnight. It was cultivated through years.”
Dickerson added that Henderson was a proxy for the Maniac Murder Cult.
“Yes, sir,” the police captain said, “a pawn, using him as a weapon, an extension of what they wanted to happen.”
His virus of terror isn’t just embedded in North America. The suspect behind a mass stabbing in Eskisehir, Turkey, in August 2024 was also inspired by Chkhikvishvili.
“Before the attack, the attacker also distributed a link to the Hater’s Handbook and other violent propaganda,” prosecutors said.
In November, Chkhikvishvili pleaded guilty to two federal charges, including soliciting hate crimes and transmitting bomb-making instructions.
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