In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a member of the "SVO" killed a native of Chechnya at a bus stop
In the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a former criminal who returned from the "SVO" stabbed to death a 55-year-old Chechen, Abubakar Umayev. He was sitting at a bus stop and after several blows to the chest, he fell to the ground.
 
The killer is a 45-year-old repeat offender, serving his sentence in a penal colony, from where he left for the "SVO" as an attack aircraft.
 
According to the representative of Chechnya in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Umar Vakhidov, the deceased is a native of the republic, and came to Dzerzhinsk to earn money.
 
"The killer has been detained. Since he is a former member of the "SVO", the case is being handled by the military investigative committee," Vakhidov said.
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