On a federal highway in the Irkutsk Region, a gang of local residents shot a 20-year-old motorist student from Krasnoyarsk and stabbed his girlfriend. On the night of February 22-23, Vyacheslav Belyakov and his bride, 21-year-old Ksenia Kucherova, went to visit the parents of the young man living in the Coastal settlement of the Bratsk district.

Together with them in the car were two more friends. The company was driving along the Vilyui federal highway, only a few kilometers to the destination, when the road was blocked by young people. Next to him were four armed and drunken attackers.

When Belyakov braked, they demanded to leave the car, threatening that they would shoot in case of disobedience. Later, local media published a story about what happened Xenia. The girl claims that Vyacheslav was familiar with one of the bandits. As soon as Belyakov got out of the cabin, he was shot in the back with a gun.

According to the preliminary version of the investigation, the remaining passengers were forced to leave the car, lie on the ground, give phones and money. According to Ksenia, one of the passengers of Belyakov tried to make a phone call. The attackers noticed and beat up the young man.

  • Scene of the event
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Although Kucherova immediately fulfilled the requirements of the robbers and gave them all the valuables, the man standing next to her pulled out a knife. The company began to examine the body of Belyakov. When they realized that Vyacheslav was dead, a man standing next to Xenia stabbed her in the chest with a knife. Then the attackers got into Belyakov’s car and drove off towards Bratsk, leaving their cars on the road.

The fellow travelers of Belyakov and Kucherova, who were not injured by the hijackers, managed to reach relatives and stop a wagon passing by. The ambulance doctors who arrived on the scene tried to save Belyakov, but in vain - the young man did not have time to get to the hospital. Ksenia survived, she was able to operate on time.

Bandits captured

The attackers who attacked Vyacheslav Belyakov and his passengers did not manage to go far. On the way, they shot at cars, so very soon the police already knew about the bandits on the Vilyuy highway.

“The men, moving in a stolen car in the direction of Bratsk, made another attempt to seize the car of another road user, opening fire. Fortunately, the driver of the SUV managed to escape, after which he reported to the law enforcement agencies, ”the report said on the website of the SU IC in the Irkutsk region.

Fearing that they would be caught, the hijackers abandoned Belyakov’s car and took a taxi. However, soon the traffic police inspectors, with the support of the SOBR, were still intercepted by the attackers. During the arrest, weapons and material evidence of the crime committed was withdrawn. According to the UK, more than 50 law enforcement officers took part in the operation to catch intruders.

  • The injured Ksenia Kucherova
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The detained men gave a confession, SU IC in the Irkutsk region has already charged them with murder, robbery, intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, attempted murder, as well as a number of other serious and very serious articles of the Criminal Code.

Not the first episode

According to the investigation, all of the detainees are residents of Bratsk and the Bratsk district, aged from 23 to 29 years. Three of them had previous convictions. According to RT in the regional administration of the IC, the leader of the gang who shot Vyacheslav Belyakov was tried five times.

“Investigators of the TFR found that they (the attackers - RT) had previously been prosecuted for property crimes. The Bratsk District Court granted the petition of the investigation that the accused should elect a preventive measure in the form of imprisonment, ”clarify in the regional administration of the Investigation Committee.

It is possible that others will be added to the charges already filed over time. In particular, residents of the Bratsk district told the local media that the attacker, from whom the gang had shot Belyakov, the attackers could have stolen the day before from a pensioner living in the village of Buzuluk. In addition, according to investigators, the car, which attackers blocked the road Belyakov, was not registered in the traffic police.