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Astrakhan "terrorist with pizza" arrested
In Astrakhan, the court arrested Alexander Kuptsov, accused of capturing hostages at the local fishing college, RIA Novosti reports .
On March 14, 25-year-old Alexander Kuptsov seized the teacher, a guard and two students of the Volga-Caspian fishing college as hostages . Threatening them with a gun and explosive device, he demanded that he deliver pizza, soda, car and 50 thousand rubles. Having received food, Kuptsov released the teacher, after which the SUV and 50 thousand rubles began to wait. After receiving a car and money, he planned to release a guard and another student and hide, hiding behind his 17-year-old girlfriend. Further, in the entrance of the special operation, the fighters of the anti -terror without the use of force freed all the hostages. Kuptsov and his girlfriend were detained. The weapon and the explosive device turned out to be dummies.
The court agreed with the arguments of the investigation that the accused was previously convicted, does not work anywhere and have no dependents. In addition, the severity of the crime of which he is accused does not imply a different preventive measure.
It is noteworthy that Kuptsov himself did not agree with the arguments of the investigation about the need for his arrest. He stated that the motive of his act was love, and from the very beginning of the capture of the hostages he said that nothing threatens them.
Previously, a criminal case was opened against a man under the article “Capture of hostages”. At the same time, investigators warned that they did not intend to re -qualify the article to less severe (“illegal imprisonment”).On March 14, 25-year-old Alexander Kuptsov seized the teacher, a guard and two students of the Volga-Caspian fishing college as hostages . Threatening them with a gun and explosive device, he demanded that he deliver pizza, soda, car and 50 thousand rubles. Having received food, Kuptsov released the teacher, after which the SUV and 50 thousand rubles began to wait. After receiving a car and money, he planned to release a guard and another student and hide, hiding behind his 17-year-old girlfriend. Further, in the entrance of the special operation, the fighters of the anti -terror without the use of force freed all the hostages. Kuptsov and his girlfriend were detained. The weapon and the explosive device turned out to be dummies.
The Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) later said that the merchants recently published on the prison wanted to leave the city with her girlfriend, but she refused to go with him. As a result, the man came to the college where she studied, and went to look for a friend. According to the investigation, six people could initially be hosted, since there were two more students in the audience, but the merchants immediately drove two guys out of the office, after which he closed the door to the key.