Investigation lodges motion for arresting 5 suspects in Nemtsov murder case
MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) - The Investigative Committee of Russia has lodged a motion in court for the arrest of five people which the investigation believes were involved in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
"The Investigative Committee motions for the arrest of five suspects related to the murder of Boris Nemtsov. The investigation continues," spokesman for the committee Vladimir Markin twitted on Sunday.
Nemtsov, an opposition leader and a former Russian deputy prime minister, was killed in the center of Moscow late on February 27. Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov said on Saturday that two men identified as Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev had been detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder.
Markin said that the detainees are suspected of both organizing and perpetrating the crime. He said investigators continue identifying people related to the murder.
According to Ingushetia's Security Council acting secretary Albert Barakhayev, three people were detained: Zaur Dadayev as well as Anzor Gubashev and his brother. He said the Gubashev brothers had lived in Moscow for a long time while Dadayev served in Chechnya.
It was reported on Sunday that a man who blasted himself with a grenade in Grozny was one more suspect in the Nemtsov murder case.
