In the Stavropol Territory, a composite sketch of a suspect in organizing the murder of five men, whose bodies were found in cars, was compiled. agency reported this on January 9 ITAR-TASS , citing sources in law enforcement agencies.

The agency's interlocutors did not disclose how they became aware of the suspect's characteristics. Details about his identity have not been disclosed.

Meanwhile, journalists learned the name of one of the dead: taxi driver Alexander Grinchenko. According to his colleagues, he went to a call late in the evening, after which he disappeared from contact.

Earlier it was reported that the identities of the three dead were established: a taxi driver, a private driver and a man who assembled furniture. Two more bodies remain near the Zhiguli car near the village of Maryinskaya. Security forces were planning to begin examining the scene after dawn.

Four cars with five corpses were found in the Kirov and Predgorny districts of the Stavropol Territory between 00:30 and 19:30 on January 8. An explosive device went off near the car where the furniture assembler's body lay. No harm done. Then another bomb was found near the same car, which was defused.

No assumptions were made about the motives for the murders, but a counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kirov and Predgorny regions. The Investigative Committee opened criminal cases under articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 105 (murder) and 222 (illegal trafficking in weapons) and 317 (attack on the life of law enforcement officers). The cases were combined into one proceeding.

A composite sketch of a driver killer in the Stavropol region has been compiled