True crime · 1998
The teenage killer of Kopli
Aleksandr Rubel lived in a tenement at Kopli 100B in Tallinn. Between September 1997 and the summer of 1998, aged 16 and 17 and sniffing petrol, he killed at least six people. His first victim was a disabled neighbour who lived a few floors up. Others included a man on Stroomi beach, a random passer-by and a 56-year-old woman in his own building. In 1998 he killed a 15-year-old girl on the Paljassaare peninsula in front of friends. One of them went to the police. Rubel then confessed to the other killings too, which police had not linked. As a minor he could get only eight years. He was released in 2006.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Aleksandr Rubel elas Tallinnas Kopli 100B üürimajas. 1997. aasta septembrist 1998. aasta suveni tappis 16–17-aastane bensiini nuusutav nooruk vähemalt kuus inimest. Esimene ohver oli paar korrust kõrgemal elanud invaliidist naaber. Teiste seas olid mees Stroomi rannas, juhuslik möödakäija ja 56-aastane naine samast majast. 1998. aastal tappis ta Paljassaare poolsaarel sõprade silme all 15-aastase tüdruku. Üks sõpradest pöördus politseisse. Seejärel tunnistas Rubel üles ka teised tapmised, mida politsei ei olnud omavahel seostanud. Alaealisena sai ta karistuseks vaid kaheksa aastat. 2006. aastal ta vabanes.
Source: Estonian and English Wikipedia: Aleksandr Rubel, citing Postimees, February 1999 ↗