Official is stabbed and killed in Moscow at the Central Office of Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee
Source: TASS
Update: Colonel Vladislav Kapustin, the official stabbed in the attack described below, later died in the hospital, according to the news agency TASS.
An unidentified man has stabbed an official in Moscow at the Central Office of Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee. The attack took place on Tuesday afternoon at the building’s front security desk, the agency told TASS. The assailant was arrested immediately, but his motives are unknown, at the time of this writing.
According to Interfax, the victim works in reception and isn’t involved in any major criminal investigations.
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