The key facts
- In the evening of November 6 in Losino-Petrovsky, two men received fatal stab wounds to the chest and neck; one died at the scene, the second died in hospital.
- The Investigative Committee's priority version: the wounds were inflicted on each other during a domestic conflict while drinking alcohol.
- According to mk.ru, the victims were brothers aged 35 and 37 who had moved from the Penza Region; a case has been opened under Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
What happened in Losino-Petrovsky
The tragedy occurred in the evening of November 6 in an apartment in a residential building on Zavodskaya Street in Losino-Petrovsky, Moscow Region. Neighbors heard screams and sounds of a struggle, and then one of the residents noticed brown stains on the landing and decided to check what had happened. In the apartment he found two men with stab wounds to the chest and neck: one was already showing no signs of life, while the second was urgently hospitalized, but doctors could not save him. This was reported by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow Region (the incident was covered by Life.ru and Gazeta.Ru).
The investigation's version and procedural actions
“One of the victims died at the scene, the second man was hospitalized at a medical facility, where, despite the necessary assistance provided, he died,” the Moscow Region directorate of the Investigative Committee said. A criminal case has been opened over the incident under Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Murder”). A forensic investigator examined the apartment and seized a knife that may have been used in the conflict, as well as other traces; forensic medical, molecular-genetic and criminalistic expert examinations have been ordered, including an examination of the bladed weapon. Witnesses have been questioned. “The investigation is considering several versions of what happened, but the priority one is that the men inflicted the knife wounds on each other during a domestic quarrel while drinking alcohol together,” the agency specified.
Who the victims were: new details
The outlet mk.ru added detailsthat were absent from the Investigative Committee's initial reports: the victims turned out to be brothers, aged 35 and 37, who had rented an apartment in Losino-Petrovsky after moving there from the Penza Region. According to mk.ru, during the drinking session the brothers quarreled and began fighting, grabbing the knife from each other, and in the struggle inflicted wounds on one another. Thus, the investigation's version of mutual infliction of wounds was supplemented with the clarification about the victims' kinship; final conclusions depend on the results of the ordered expert examinations.
