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BARNAUL, November 13. A resident of the Altai Republic set fire to a police station using a Molotov cocktail, a criminal case has been opened, reported the Russian Investigative Committee for the Region.
“A criminal case has been opened against a resident of the Chemalsky district for committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism… committed with the use of objects used as weapons). According to the investigation, on November 12, 2023, a resident of the Chemalsky district of the Altai Republic «, while on the territory of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs office in the Chemalsky district, out of hooligan motives, set fire to flammable liquid in glass jars and threw the jars into the police department building,» the report says. It is noted that the front door and facade of the police building caught fire. The fire was put out.
“The suspect has been detained… Urgent investigative actions are being carried out in the criminal case aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident,” the SUCC noted. It is clarified that none of the police officers were injured.
The press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that “several hours before the crime, the suspect was taken to the station for disobedience to a lawful order of the police officers.” «The man was intoxicated in a public place, behaved rudely and aggressively. He refused the demands of the police officers to go to the police station. After compiling administrative materials, the suspect was released home for health reasons. The villager was angered by the actions of the police officers, and he decided to take revenge on them «, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said about the reasons for the arson.