The Stavropol Territory investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee during the investigation in mass brawl at a hospital in the town of Mineralnye Vody as a crime under part 2 of article 213 of the RF Penal Code (hooliganism) and paragraph “a” of part 3 of article 111 (deliberate infliction of grievous bodily harm) are taking measures to identify all the persons involved in this conspicuous crime.
According to investigators in the evening of 20 September 2014, several men got drunk and fought in Yevgenia café in the town of Mineralnye Vody. During the fight two suspects Andranik Tsakanyan and Yevgeny Smirnov hit one of the men on his head with a bottle by turn. The injured young man Roman Savechenko and his friends Anatoly Larionov and Ruslan Abdulzhalilov went to a hospital for help. Sometime later Tsakanyan also headed for the hospital and broke into it with a group of about 30 people. In the corridor they brutally beat Anatoly Larionov and injured Ruslan Abdulzhalilov and a nurse Nina Stanka.
By now the investigators have done a lot of work to clear out the circumstances of the crime, identify all the participants of the conflict, roles and participation in the conflict of each of them.
Namely, they questioned over 20 witnesses, including the staff and guests of the Yevgenia café, medical personnel of the hospital, victims and their relatives, the persons who broke into the hospital were identified and other procedural operations were carried out to gather necessary evidence.
As a result of the measures taken two more suspects were held – 20-year-old Maxim Tsakanyan and a 17-year-old teenager, who took part in beating Ruslan Abdulshalilov and Nina Stanka. The investigators filed a request with a court to remand them in custody pending the trial.
In addition, the investigators identified four more participants of the scuffle, who actively beat Anatoly Larionov. All of them are wanted. Measures are being taken to hold then and bring for investigating operations.
Andranik Tsakanyan, Yevgeny Smirnov and Samvel Manucharyan were detained earlier. The court ruled to place all of them in custody pending the trial.
The investigation is supervised by the Head of the Stavropol Territory Investigations Directorate. Most experienced investigators and criminologists are working on site. There is a detailed plan of the investigation. A number of orders have been given to an inquiry body to carry out investigating and search operations. A number of other operations are underway to prosecute all the persons involved in the crime.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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