Dagestani law enforcer sentenced for ordered and ritual murders

In the Sverdlovsk Region, the court has found a former Dagestani policeman guilty of killing two businessmen and four homeless people and sentenced him to 13 years of imprisonment.

According to the court, in 2003 and 2010, Arsen Bairambekov, who used to serve as an inspector of the patrol-and-post service (known as PPS in Dagestan) for a year, shot and killed two businessmen in Yekaterinburg for money, the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

Besides, the court has found out that in 2014, being engaged in the study of occult rites, Arsen Bairambekov committed ritual murders of four persons in the Sverdlovsk Region. "When committing those crimes, Arsen Bairambekov observed the canons of the ritual of sacrifice, namely: he committed murders at night, in a forest, under light of a bonfire, inside a circle lined with stones, and accompanied the murders by reading prayers," reports the message posted on the ICRF's website.

According to investigators, homeless people fell victim to the ritual murders. The former policeman lured them to his improvised altar in the territory of a cemetery by promising them free alcoholic drinks, the "Kommersant" reports.

Following the results of three psycho-psychiatric examinations, the defendant was found to be sane. The court sentenced him to 13 years of imprisonment and two months in a high-security penal colony with restriction of freedom for 1.5 years, the ICRF reports.

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