St. Petersburg, April 19 Tigran Khachikyan, who fired a shot at a riot policeman in St. Petersburg, now appears in another criminal case — about preparing a terrorist act, the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg reports.
A new charge was brought against him on March 2, but this became known only now. According to the press service, he fully pleaded guilty.
«The Kuibyshevsky District Court registered a petition from the investigation to extend the measure of restraint in the form of detention against Tigran Khachikyan. Now he is also charged with an attempt to commit a terrorist act. When choosing a measure, the defendant was accused only of encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer,» the statement says. .
According to the investigation, Khachikyan «searched for weapons and bottles of flammable liquid,» and also produced more than 500 leaflets «containing, among other things, calls to encroach on the life of a statesman.»
Khachikyan was going to scatter them at the crime scene to attract attention. However, what exactly the attack was supposed to be, the release does not specify.
A man was detained after on February 24 this year, on the anniversary of the start of a special military operation, he shot twice at an OMON officer at the entrance to the Gostiny Dvor metro station in the center of St. Petersburg.
The wounded employee was hospitalized, the attacker was detained. Two guns, a traumatic pistol and ammunition were seized at the scene.