ST. PETERSBURG, June 28 During the conflict in a communal apartment, a resident of St. Petersburg shot a girl and then committed suicide, the city head office of the RF IC reported .
According to the investigation, a scandal erupted on Wednesday afternoon in a communal apartment on Solidarity Avenue, as a result, a 55-year-old man shot a 20-year-old girl, after which he committed suicide. In what relationship they were with each other and whether they were, is not specified.
Now the girl is in the hospital. What exactly caused the incident is unclear.
«A criminal case has been initiated against a man on the grounds of a crime under part 3 of article 30, part 1 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder),» the release says.
A criminal case against a deceased person is initiated, including for legal grounds to conduct a trial and find out all the circumstances of what happened. In other cases, a person can be tried posthumously — as in the case of the father of the Khachaturian sisters.