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Father and son held on suspicion of killing deputy of Karachay-Cherkessia people’s assembly

Investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee for Karachay-Cherkessia have detained residents of the village of Psyzh, Abazinskaya municipal district, Psabida Yevgamukov, 61 and his son Khomgot Yevgamukov, 32 on suspicions of killing deputy of the People’s Assembly of the republic Mukhamed Kunizhev, 41 (paragraph “g” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code).

According to investigators, in July 2014, in the evening Psabida Yevgamukov drove his Toyota Carolla to a football pitch on the western outskirt of the village of Psyzh, where Kunizhev and other residents of the village were playing football. Sometime later Khomgot Yevgamukov arrived there in other car. The father and son left their cars and made their way to the victim. The father was carrying a Sayga 12K 12-caliber rifle and the son – a nonlethal pistol. When they were about 2-5 meters from the victim, senior Yevgamukov shot at Kunizhev at least 3 times with small shot, and his son also shot at least three times from his pistol. Kunizhev sustained gunshot wounds to his chest and stomach with multiple damages to internals. The victim died on the way to a hospital. The Yevgamukovs fled the scene.

The Russia’s Investigative Committee put the Yevgamukovs on a federal wanted list. Today they have been held in a flat in the town of Cherkessk during investigating and search operations conducted by officials of the republican Ministry of Interior. At present they are giving testimonies. They cooperate with investigators.

Within the next several hours the investigators are going to file requests to place the Yevgamukovs in custody pending trial.