The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR), Alexander Bastrykin, took personal control of the investigation into the murder of a tourist in Karachay-Cherkessia.
It is reported by RIA Novosti.
It is known that the suspect in the case has been put on the federal wanted list.
On February 17, it became known about an incident with a group of tourists from Moscow, who was driving a Ford Transit car towards the village of Arkhyz and stopped near the village of Kardonikskaya in the Zelenchuksky district of the republic. A car with two local residents drove up to them, a conflict broke out between them, which escalated into a fight. One of the locals was armed with a knife – he stabbed one tourist in the stomach at least once. The victim died on the way to the hospital.