Kushchevskaya, Syzran tragedies look alike; cynical, cruel and calculated crimes - Russian Investigative Committee
MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - The murder of the family of former Syzran police chief Andrei Gosht largely resembles the Kushchevskaya tragedy, which took place in the Krasnodar territory in 2010, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin has said.
"One can definitely compare these two crimes by their cynicism and cruelty," Markin told Interfax.
The perpetrators did not spare children in either case, he said.
"Another thing these two murders have in common is thorough preparation," Markin said.
The bodies of two men and four women bearing signs of violent death were found in a house in the village of Ivashevka in the Samara region on April 24. A girl born in 2009 was found alive and taken to hospital with severe injuries.
Detectives said that the family of the deputy chief of staff of the Russian Interior Ministry's department in the Samara region was murdered at night, when everyone was asleep.
A criminal inquiry was opened on the counts of "murder of two or more people and attempted murder."
The Russian Interior Ministry promised a reward of three million rubles for any information which could help in finding the assailants.