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Suspects in assaulting workshop with workers detained in Moscow

The investigating bodies of the Russia’s investigative Committee in Moscow Region continue investigating a criminal case launched over signs of a crime under part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (murder committed by generally dangerous way) and into assault on a workshop in Shchitnikovo micro-district of the town of Balashikha and murder of a worker.

As it has been reported earlier on 16 September 2013, about 4:30 PM, a group of unidentified men broke into a private enterprise making wooden trays in Shchitnikovo micro-district of Balashikha, Moscow Region. Threatening with guns, they demanded the workers to lie on the floor. Four of the workers tried to escape. The attackers ran them down and hit with baseball bats. One of the attackers caught the worker, when he was climbing over the fence and shot at him. The man died on the spot. The attackers fled the scene. Three workers were delivered to hospital with fractures and different injuries.

As a result of 12 searches and with operational assistance of Moscow Region Main Office of the interior Ministry and office of the Federal Security Service in Moscow and Moscow Region, the investigators apprehended suspects of the said crime: an organizer and 2 perpetrators, including the one who shot the worker. They are residents of Balashikha aged between 24 and 30.

Today the investigators are asking the court to arrest them. The whereabouts of the rest of perpetrators is being found. According to the investigators the motive was hooliganism.

At present investigating operations are underway to gather evidence and to find out the role of each one of the suspects in the assault and murder. Investigation is ongoing.