Killed Russia’s “Sausage King” with a crossbow in his home sauna


A Russian oligarch is said to have been killed by a crossbow in his gold after robbers nicknamed “Sausage King” entered his home, investigators said Monday. Russia’s foreign intelligence service has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning Russia’s intelligence have been made more than once. Said the committee.

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He is seen with his father Vladimir Marugov in a photo posted on Facebook by Alexander Marugov. The elder was reported to be at his home near Moscow on November 2, 2020, when Alexander died in a motorcycle accident in 2019.

Facebook / Alexander Marugov


The committee said in a statement that the wife was released and managed to alert the police, who found the man’s body.

“While observing the scene, investigators captured the crossbow with which the shot was fired.”

The robbers fled in the victim’s car, which was found near Istra, west of Moscow.

One suspect was arrested Monday evening, Russian news agencies reported.

The committee, which investigates major crimes, does not name the victim, but Russian media have widely reported that it is Vladimir Marugov, who owns a number of meat-processing factories and is known as the “Sausage King”, according to the Interfax news agency. Is.

According to BBC News, Marugov’s adult son Alexander died in a motorcycle accident in Moscow in 2019.

Later on Tuesday, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported that they had found an elderly man handcuffed in bed during a search of a home belonging to a suspect detained last evening.

The Guardian quoted the investigation committee as saying that the man had told police that he was signing a deed for his apartment in Moscow for a criminal gang.

The committee reported that the suspect in custody is refusing to cooperate with the officers.

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