At least 3 Kyrgyz citizens killed in Buryatia

Buryatia (Russia) court instituted a criminal case on the murder of seven people, including three Kyrgyzstanis, Lenta.ru reported. According to the agency, the bodies of seven businessmen - five women and two men - were found on February 2, 2010, 120 km from Zakamensk city (Buryatiya). Bodies with multiple gunshot and stab wounds were found in a minibus, which the group used for a business trip on January 30.

Among the dead were citizens of Kyrgyzstan - Zaharbek Jakypov and Alibek Jakypov, of 1977 and 1979 years of birth respectively, and a 34-year-old woman identified as Tushnazarova. The rest of the victims were Russian citizens.

According to the police, all businessmen were employed at the Central Market of Zakamensk. They went to Irkutsk with a large sum of money and were expected to pick up a friend on the way. After hours of waiting the woman has called the businessmen’s family and those called the police.

The investigation is ongoing.