Police detain attacker who allegedly killed a man at Gorky Park because he was ‘dressed funny’

Police have reportedly detained Kornei Makarov, the man suspected of attacking blogger Stanislav Dumkin in Moscow’s Gorky Park on August 13. After the beating, Dumkin was hospitalized in a coma. He died, several days later.

“He’s been detained, and they’re now transferring him to the Investigative Committee for questioning,” a source told the news agency RIA Novosti.

On August 27, investigators announced that they’d uncovered the identity of Dumkin’s attacker, saying that he was hiding from police. Officials didn’t reveal the suspect’s name, but sources told reporters that police were looking for Kornei Makarov, the son of Sergey Makarov, who played a role on “Interns,” a popular television show modeled on the U.S. series “Scrubs.”

On August 28, security camera footage appeared online, showing two men arguing in Park Gorky. In the video, one man punches the other in the head, and the victim collapses to the ground. According to the Telegram channel Mash (which is affiliated with the pro-Kremlin tabloid Life), Dumkin was attacked because he was “dressed funny.”