Investigators have detained a man suspected of firing a flare gun at a Russian nightclub that killed 13 people on Saturday.
Some local media outlets said the man was a Russian soldier who had been sent to invade Ukraine, and authorities are investigating.
A fire at a nightclub in Kostroma province, about 300 kilometers from Moscow, Russia, has killed 13 people so far, according to local investigators.
At that time, an event was being held at the nightclub, and investigators suspected that a 23-year-old man who was a customer fired a flare-like object and set the ceiling decoration on fire, and arrested the man. Did.
According to Russian state news agency TASS, the man has admitted to the charges.
According to some local media outlets, the man was dispatched as a soldier of the Russian army to the military invasion of Ukraine, and returned to the country for treatment after being injured in August. And the authorities are investigating.