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Two men suspected of hijacking detained in Moscow Region

On 21 June 2015, about 3:15 AM, local time, residents of Moscow and Moscow Region at the guarded airfield of Ishim aviation sports club of DOSAAF hijacked a Yak-52 plane owned by the club and took off in an unknown direction. The investigating bodies of the Ural Transportation Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have opened a criminal investigation in a crime under part 1 of article 211 of the RF Penal Code (hijacking).

An investigator of the Ural Transportation Investigations Directorate detained the suspects in the town of Khimki, Moscow Region, on 23 June 2015.

Soon the suspects will be transported to the Ural Transportation Investigations Directorate that conducts the initial investigation. They will be questioned and put under restraint.