30 Aug 2012 16:58

Prisoner murder probed in Kuzbass - source

MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) - Two convicts are suspected of committing a murder on the grounds of the N22 correctional facility in the Kemerovo district of the Kemerovo region, a source close to the inquiry told Interfax.

The murder occurred on Wednesday morning, he said. The body of the victim, a convict, born in 1974, was found in a storage room.

"Two convicts, born 1989 and 1990, are suspected of this crime. It is believed that they inflicted stab wounds and a head injury, from which the victim died," the source said.

The Federal Penitentiary Service Main Directorate for the Kemerovo region declined to comment.