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Azerbaijani detained in St. Petersburg over armed attack

07 June 2016 10:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. In St. Petersburg, police detained participants of robbery who opened fire on the street and stole the victim several million rubles. Attackers tracked the man after he visited a currency exchange.

During the investigation, three natives of Georgia and Azerbaijan were detained, news.webplatinum reports.

In the evening of 6 June, 45-year-old Petersburger arrived at the office â€œVologzhankaâ€ located in the N170 house on Moskovsky prospect. In exchange, the man received around 3.1 million rubles, and then together with the wife went home to the Chevrolet Cruze.

At the Budapest street, the couple pulled over. At this time there stopped a black Ford Focus. Inside were four men. They shot at least three times, and then took from the victims a shopping bag with cash.

The gunshots and screams attracted the attention of police officers who Focus overtook and arrested three of the four alleged robbers. They are charged under article 162 of the criminal code (â€œRobberyâ€).

One of the detained immigrants from the Caucasus has already been previously convicted for fraud.