The North Caucasus Federal District Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee carries on investigation in the murder of arbitrator of the Chechen Republic Adam Agakhadzhiyev and an acquaintance of his Isa Atayev.

The perpetrators of the crime have been identified during search and investigating operations conducted in close cooperation with the operational divisions of Center E of the Main Office of the Russian Interior Ministry in the North Caucasus Federal District, regional offices of the Federal Security Service in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania, The Interior Ministry in in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. They are residents of Ingushetia Isa Geroyev born in 1984 and his brother Khamzat Geroyev born in 1986, who had been earlier convicted of stealing and received a suspended sentence of 2 years in prison.

Following the instructions of the investigator the law enforcement agents held Isa and Khamzat Geroyev in the city of Volgograd on a passenger train travelling from Volgograd to Omsk.

For necessary investigating and procedural operations the Geroyevs were delivered by a helicopter to the city of Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria and there were detained as suspects under the article 91 of the RF Penal Code and questioned over the case.

During the questioning the suspects confessed to the crime and told the investigators details, means and motives of the crime. It has been found that they committed the murder to steal the expensive car and other valuables of the victims. They had planned the crime in advance, organized the tracking and then the attack.

At present the suspects’ testimonies are being checked. The burned body and other parts of the stolen car were found at the places pointed by the suspects and in their flats. The investigators are seizing the material evidence. Necessary forensic expert examinations have been fixed and are being run.

Investigators are considering a request to remand Isa and Khamzat Geroyev in custody.

Head of the Media Relations                                                                                            V.I. Markin