Photo posted by Ilya Varlamov, depicting, according to him, participants of April 26 attack. Photo: http://varlamov.ru/2347531.html

29 April 2017, 02:51

Police report identification of Varlamov’s attackers

Policemen have located the four alleged attackers on Ilya Varlamov in Stavropol, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. According to the blogger, one of the attackers has already been detained.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on April 26, Ilya Varlamov was attacked by strangers, who poured the brilliant green on him. Later, the blogger said that the same attackers again poured the same substance over him and rammed his car.

The police have identified the four citizens, who may be implicated in the attacks on Varlamov; their whereabouts are being established, the website of the Chief Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Russian MIA reported on April 28.

"The latest news on my case are as follows: one of the attackers himself came to the police and confessed of everything, he was detained for five days; another one seems to be being forcibly detained. The rest are in process," Ilya Varlamov wrote today in his page on the social network "VKontakte".

The blogger has specified that he does not know if a criminal case has been opened in connection with the attacks on him.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

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