A criminal case was opened into the murder of a man in the Moscow region.

A criminal case has been opened in the Moscow Region after an attack on two men in Solnechnogorsk, which killed a 44-year-old local resident. This was reported on August 3 in the Main Regional Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

"A criminal case has been opened into the murder of a 44-year-old local resident and the attempted murder of a 48—year-old man," the Maks messenger says.

Investigators, together with criminologists, inspect the scene, interrogate witnesses and prepare for the appointment of forensic examinations. A set of investigative actions and operational search measures aimed at identifying and detaining the suspect is also being carried out.

As the Izvestia source added, all the participants in the conflict were familiar with each other and had been drinking alcohol near the entrance shortly before the attack. During the quarrel, the man was taken home, but he changed his clothes, took a knife and returned.

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An attack with a knife on two men in Solnechnogorsk became known on August 3. The attacker wounded a 44-year-old local resident, who died on the spot from his injuries. The second victim, a 48-year-old man, was hospitalized with cuts to his shoulder and forearm. According to the victim, they were attacked by an unknown man with a knife, dressed in a camouflage uniform. The attacker has disappeared, and the police are looking for him.