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The Moscow Directorate of the Investigative Committee continues the investigation into the murder of three people during a shootout and hooliganism at Khovanskoye cemetery. All 14 persons under investigation including the head of Moscow territorial department of ritual services No 3, Ritual, a state-financed institution Yuri Chabuyev and former police officer of the Khamovniki District Police Department Nikita Moshenko have been charged. Depending on the role of each one they are accused of crimes under Part 2, items “a” and “g” of Article 105 of the RF Penal Code (murder of two or more people committed by a group of people in collision), Part 1 of Article 222 (illegal purchase, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms or ammunition) and Part 2 of Article 213 (hooliganism committed by a group of people).

As became known earlier, on 14 May 2016, three people were killed and more than 30 were wounded during a fight and a shootout near the central entrance to Khovanskoye cemetery in Moscow. All the wounded were taken to hospitals and are getting necessary medical aid. The investigators are still considering the money motive as the main one, while the version that the crime was committed on the nationality motive has not been confirmed.

At the moment a set of investigative and search operations are underway to find out all the details of the crime. The investigation is ongoing.