Among the versions of the disappearance of an athlete in Dagestan are murder and kidnapping

The investigation opened a criminal case under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Murder”) in connection with the disappearance of athlete from North Ossetia Anna Tsomartova in Dagestan. The kidnapping version is also being considered. The search for the girl in Kaspiysk is carried out by 150 people, aviation and divers are involved.

Anna Tsomartova, a 22-year-old athlete from North Ossetia and a student at the Rostov Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has been searching for four days now. Earlier, the Dagestan police duty station received a message from her mother. She said that her daughter in Kaspiysk left the Sports Palace named after. A. Aliyeva never returned. The student came to a Muay Thai competition, lost and was depressed. She was last seen on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

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