‘High-flying’ student, 17, ‘hacks his parents and sister to death with an axe because he was flunking school’
A TEENAGE boy hacked his parents and his little sister to death with an axe because he didn’t want to go to school.
Vadim Gorbunov, 17, killed his mum and his 12-year-old sister before turning the axe on his father during a furious fight over school.
Cops said the boy disfigured his dad’s face and dressed his body in his own clothes to confuse the cops after the gruesome attack.
The duped cops initially thought Alexey Gorbunov, the boy’s 40 year-old dad, was the killer and issued an urgent appeal to find him.
But forensic experts later discovered that the badly mutilated body actually belonged to the teenage boy’s father and launched a manhunt for Vadim.
The Russian Investigative Committee said Alexey’s face was “strongly disfigured”.
The body’s of Gulya Gorbunova, the boy’s mother, and Yulia, 12, his sister, were found in the house in Oktyabrsky, Russia.
Vadim was arrested 225 miles from the crime scene in Ekaterinburg after flagging down a car to hitch a lift, cops said.
Cops said Vadim confessed to the killings, and claimed it all kicked off after he said he didn’t want to go to school.
He said an argument erupted after his mum insisted he went to his classes.
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The high-flying final year student had not been happy with the quality of maths teaching and recently swapped classes, according to reports.
Neighbours said the family was “friendly” and Vadim had always cared for his sister.
The Russian Investigative Committee said a criminal case for murder has been launched.