A 22-year-old Moldovan citizen who died in a Moscow pretrial detention center over the weekend was probably killed, the Investigative Committee said Wednesday.
Initial reports said Igor Kotrutsy, detained on April 28 on robbery charges, collapsed and died in a crowded cell for no apparent reason, but later bruises were found on the small of his back, RIA-Novosti reported.
Investigators are questioning Kotrutsy’s cellmates and the detention center’s personnel, the Investigative Committee said in a statement.
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