Eindhoven suspect says he left sadistic online "Com" shortly before his arrest
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Justin B., a 25-year-old suspected member of the radical, sadistic online group No Lives Matter, claims that he is no longer involved with the group. He told the authorities that he had converted to Christianity and had “just gotten his life together” when a specialized police team raided his Eindhoven home and arrested him in July, RTL Nieuws reported from the first public hearing against him.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects B. of terrorism. He is in custody in the high-security terrorist wing of the Vught prison and appeared in the high-security courtroom in Rotterdam on Tuesday.
According to the OM, B. founded No Lives Matter and played a prominent role in the violence-glorifying group for years. The OM considers No Lives Matter a terrorist organization aimed at committing or commissioning murder and other serious violence.
B.’s online handle was “CXRPSE.” He has it tattooed on his wrist. Investigators found images online “in which individuals appear to have carved the name CXRPSE into their bodies,” the prosecutor said in the hearing. B. described CXRPSE as “my dark twin brother from the past” and “my dark online alter ego.”
The police found footage of extreme violence on B.’s data carriers. In a chat, he sent a video of someone being shot in the head, accompanied by the message: “I really want to do that to someone’s head. Brain on my shoes, everything.” He also glorified several perpetrators of mass shootings.
No Lives Matter is a subgroup in the Com network, a violent online community that originated in the United States. The young members of this group normalize and glorify extreme violence, the OM said last week in an investigation into another suspected member of the Com, this one belonging to the 764 subgroup. “The goal is to pressure young people into committing (sexual) violence against themselves, random others, or even their pets or siblings.”
The OM considers groups like 764 and No Lives Matter a growing international threat. Members of these sadistic groups recruit their victims on online games popular with young children, like Roblox, and on social media. “The ultimate goal is to persuade their victims, often young people in their early teens or even younger, to commit murder or suicide. The members gain more prestige and status by sharing increasingly extreme material,” the OM said.
