At Domodedovo detained a suspect in the grenade explosion in the center of Moscow – RBC

Place the explosion at a bus stop on Pokrovka Street

Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS

The source said the agency “Interfax” in the police in Moscow on January 18 in the capital’s Domodedovo airport was detained an unemployed man. He is suspected in the explosion of a grenade at the bus stop in the center of Moscow in December last year. Then, an explosion injured five people.

According to the source, he is suspected of a crime committed out of hooliganism. Source agency did not specify the name of the detainee.

For information about the detention of a suspect in the grenade also confirmed the source of the “RIA Novosti” in law enforcement. “One of the security agencies yesterday at Domodedovo found and detained a suspect in the bombing on Pokrovka. Now with him being the investigative actions “, – said the source. He said that the detainee may be involved and to more serious crimes, as his detention was not concerned with the police.

At the same time, the source Tass reported that the detainees – a man born in 1980, he is a businessman and lives close from the bus stop, where the explosion occurred.

«According to preliminary reports, the man born in 1980 is a businessman. With his family, he lives near a bus stop, where the explosion occurred, “- a spokesman said. He said that a grenade fell from the balcony of the house, but it is unknown threw whether its suspect intentionally or it fell by accident.

Earlier, the press service of the Moscow Department of the Interior reported that the police established the identity of the suspect in the grenade explosion and searches a native of the North Caucasus Makhmud Akhmedov born in 1983. “In view of 30-35 years, dark hair, wears a beard, height 170-175 cm, athletic build. He was dressed in an elongated jacket of dark color, light jeans and sports shoes on the head cap of dark color, “- said the press officer.

The official information on the detention of Domodedovo has yet been received.

The explosion at the bus stop at the house №19 on Pokrovka Street occurred in the evening on Dec. 7, 2015. Police determined that the grenade exploded at the bus stop F-1. The explosion injured five people. Three of them were hospitalized in the Research Institute. Sklifosovsky.

The source of “Interfax” in law enforcement agencies reported that the power of the explosion was 50 g of TNT.

In fact the explosion was a criminal case under article “Hooliganism”.