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The investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region have opened a criminal investigation over the death of a woman and her three children in a fire as a crime under paragraph “a” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (murder of two or more people).

As it was reported earlier, on 7 September 2014 around 8:30 PM, there was a fire in a cottage in the village of Terekhovo in Khimki. After the fire was out dead bodies of the 43-year-old owner of the house and her three children – 3-year-old twins (a boy and a girl) and 12-year old son were found under the debris.

During the examination of the fire site and the bodies, the investigators found a synthetic wire tied around the woman’s neck in a double knot. A fragment of the wire and the documents of the residents were confiscated from the site. Investigators and criminalists continue working at the scene. A number of tests were assigned to find the cause of the fire and the death of victims.

A number of investigating and search operations are underway to identify the individuals involved in the crime.