MOSCOW, January 26 Former professional hockey player Vladimir Payul was killed in Kazan, reports GTRK «Tatarstan». According to the channel, the body of a 24-year-old athlete, who recently worked as a realtor, was found in his own apartment. It is assumed that the killer is a 34-year-old man who rented a room from an ex-hockey player. It is known that the tenant was previously convicted under Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — «drug trafficking». As the TV channel notes, during the quarrel, the alleged killer struck the owner of the apartment with multiple blows with an ax.
