Azerbaijani detained over Moscow murder
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Russia yesterday detained an Azerbaijani man suspected of stabbing to death a Muscovite in an attack in Moscow that sparked some of the country’s worst anti-migrant riots in years.
The 30-year-old suspected killer was detained just outside Moscow and was being sent for questioning by the Investigative Committee, a body similar to the FBI which oversees major criminal probes.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said the suspect lived in Russia for the past 10 years and made a living by driving a gypsy cab.
“It is known that he is quick-tempered and aggressive, abuses alcohol and does not have a permanent place of residence in Moscow,î Markin said in a statement.”
Thousands rioted in southern Moscow on Sunday over the killing several days earlier of 25-year-old local man Yegor Shcherbakov, who was stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend. The killer fled the scene but images caught on surveillance cameras suggested he could have been from Central Asia or the Caucasus.
After a largely peaceful protest on Saturday, the rioting erupted on Sunday when protesters attacked a wholesale vegetable market where they thought the killer was hiding.
After the weekend riots investigators combed the market, with Markin saying the search exposed “crude violations of migration, labor and administrative legislation” at the market.
Authorities have decided to suspend the work of the market, Markin said, adding that investigators are considering to open a criminal probe against its management.
The police chief for the Western Biryulovo district where the riots took place was dismissed yesterday, while his counterpart in Moscow’s southern district was also fired.
Muscovites have for years chafed at the huge numbers of Muslim migrants who travel to the Russian capital in search of work. Police routinely raid underground operations in which migrants are exploited by employers but police themselves are notorious for extorting bribes from them.
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