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Criminal investigation against accomplice in murder of resident of Pugachev, Saratov Region finished

The Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished investigating a criminal case into a murder of Ruslan Marzhanov, a resident of the town of Pugachev, Saratov Region. The investigation has been complete against a 17-year-old man. He is charged with crimes under paragraphs “g” and “i” of part 2 of article 105 (murder out of hooliganism) and part 3 of article 30, paragraphs “g” and “i” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (attempted murder committed by a group of people out of hooliganism).

According to investigators, at night of 6 July 2013, near Golden barrel café in the town of Pugachev the teenager together with three adult accomplices acting in agreement provoked Marzhanov to a fight, during which the latter suffered 17 stabs with a scalpel. It was established that in May 2013, the accused and one of his adult accomplices attempted to kill another man using a knife in Pugachev. However, they failed to finish the crime, as it was prevented by one of the eye witnesses.

During the probe the investigators ran over 50 forensic analyses, including medical, DNA, criminological using a polygraph, non-verbal and psycho-lingual, questioned over 170 people from the clients, staff of the café, residents of neighboring houses, police officers, doctors, taxi drivers, who had taken people to the café. The case is 30-volume thick.

The investigators have gathered enough evidence, so the criminal case has been forwarded for the indictment to be approved and then will be sent to court to be tried on the merits.

The investigation against three other accomplices has also been finished. At present the accused are reading the files.