The Bashkortostan investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have detained a 29-year-old local resident on suspicion of crimes under part 3 of article 30, paragraphs “a” and “g” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (attempted murder of two or more people) and paragraph “g” of part 2 of article 105 (murder).

According to investigators, at night of 29 October 2015, 7 residents of the town of Salavat aged between 22 and 48 had a conflict with unidentified men near a café, during which one of the unidentified men shot at one of the victims. One of the victims took away a traumatic pistol and later gave it to the police. Sometime later the victims were shot by unidentified people from a traumatic pistol while they were in a service center. They were taken to hospital with different wounds. A 36-year-old man later died in hospital of the wounds.

At present investigative and search operations are underway to find out what exactly happened and the motives for the crime and identify and detain all those involved in the crimes. The investigation is ongoing.