20 Mar 2014 17:25

Crimean prosecutors do not confirm info on Simferopol shooter detention

SIMFEROPOL. March 20 (Interfax) - Crimean prosecutors do not confirm the information on the detention of the sniper who killed two people in Simferopol's Kubanskaya Street on March 18.

"The information on the shooter's detention has not been confirmed. It is untrue. Unfortunately, no one has been detained yet," Natalya Boyarkina, press officer for the Crimean prosecutors, told Interfax on Thursday.

Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev reported on the suspect's detention earlier on Thursday.