Media learned about the participation of several people in the preparation of an assassination attempt on Sarkisian

Several people were involved in the preparation of an attempted assassination of Armen Sarkisyan, the founder of the ArBat battalion and president of the Boxing Federation of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), who was killed after an explosion in the Moscow housing estate "Alye Parusa". About it on February 3 reports TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

"Preliminary, several people were involved in the preparation of the assassination attempt on Sarkisyan," the report said.

It specified that the roles of each participant were distributed in advance, including the perpetrators of the explosion and those who followed Sarkisyan.

Explosion in the housing estate "Alye Parusa": what is known and who was injured

Armen Sarkisyan, head of the Boxing Federation of the DNR and founder of the Arbat volunteer battalion, was seriously wounded.

Theexplosion in the residential complex "Scarlet Sails" in Moscow occurred earlierin the day. As a result, two people were killed, including Armen Sarkisyan. The Russian Interior Ministry reported several injured. According to Izvestiya's source, two of the victims have open fractures of the shin, while another has shrapnel wounds to the head.

Later, the media reported that rescuers and firefighters had completed work at the site of the explosion. A criminal case has been opened over the incident.

Also on Monday, February 3, Izvestia's source said that Sarkisian had received frequent threats and phone calls from Ukraine. He added that shortly before the explosion he had been under surveillance: a day before the incident, the deceased had noticed two unknown men stalking him near the bathhouse.