Russia's Investigative Committee stated that Orkhan Zeynalov, 31, had being living in Moscow for about 10 years and worked as a taxi driver. He was inclined to drink alcohol.
On October 10, the murder of 25-year-old man by a Caucasian caused protest of the local residents. Hundreds of Russian nationalists and skinheads attacked Biryoza trade center and Pokrov fruit store and beat to death Caucasians and Central Asians. Special police forces were deployed at the site. The skinheads showed resistance to the police. They seriously damaged shops, facilities and automobiles in the trade center. A large number of migrants and local residents were injured as a result of incidents committed by Russian nationalists.