A person involved in the case of arson on a National Guard bus was arrested in Moscow. He faces a life sentence

The judge of the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow, Diana Mishchenko, sent to jail a 45-year-old resident of the capital, Vitaly Koltsov, who is accused of attempting to kill a security official because of an attempt to set fire to a bus of the National Guard. about this . Lawyer Alan Gamazov told Mediazone

Koltsov's defense asked for a milder measure of restraint, but Mishchenko refused. According to the article on the attempt on the life of a security official, Koltsov faces 12 to 20 years in prison, or life, the newspaper notes. The courts did not impose life imprisonment on defendants in such cases in cases where the security official remained alive.

The investigation believes that around 19:00 on May 2, on Revolution Square in Moscow, Koltsov threw two plastic Molotov cocktails into a GAZ Vector Next bus of the National Guard, causing the bus to catch fire, Mediazona, which studied the case file, clarifies. It claims that Alexander Fedyaev, a policeman from the Avangard special forces detachment of the National Guard, was on the bus.

The investigation saw in the actions of Koltsov "the intent to encroach on the lives of law enforcement officers in order to obstruct their legitimate activities." "Mediazona" notes that in the case there is no evidence of injuries received by the National Guard.

Koltsov was detained on the day of the incident, May 2. The published videos showed how two security officials threw the alleged arsonist on the lawn. The author, who sent the video to Mediazona, said that the car was on fire for “a couple of minutes”, and later it was put out.