08:56, 9 December 2013

Suspect is charged with murdering Dagestani resident in Moscow

In Moscow, investigators have filed a murder charge against a native of Dagestan suspected of killing a woman in Yuzhnoe Butovo District. Her body with cut-off limbs was found on November 23. This was reported by a source from the Moscow law enforcement agencies.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that, according to the source from the law enforcement agencies, the victim was a resident of Dagestan; her hands and feet were cut off, and experts found cross-shaped wound on her abdomen. When commenting on the news, Internet users talked about a possible racial motive for the murder of the resident of Dagestan. However, according to sources from the investigating authorities, a native of Dagestan was detained on suspicion of committing the murder, and he confessed that he had killed the woman during a domestic conflict.

According to the source in the investigating authorities, the victim and the alleged murderer came together to Moscow from the Dagestani village of Razdolye, where they lived in the neighbouring streets.

The source has clarified that the alleged motive for the murder was jealousy, the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" reports.