Investigators in Russia have detained two women on a suspicion that they brutally thrashed and killed a 63-year-old man who allegedly denied the women's request to indulge in sexual activity with him in a cemetery.
The two suspects were identified in multiple media reports as one Rosa aged 29 and Martha who is 37. According to a report in The Mirror, Alexander, aged 63, succumbed to the multiple fist blows by the women who also hit the victim with their feet.
Officials from Russia's Investigative Committee probing the case said that the women were having drink with Alexander in a churchyard of Stavropol, a city in southwestern Russia.
The females later urged the senior man to involve in threesome with them to which he denied only to spark an argument that went violent. The officials were also quoted by the media house as saying that the victim was known to both the women.
They further said that the two women rained down a series of blows with their "fists and feet", hitting his (Alexander) head and torso, before he died on the spot. "In the course of an argument, the women gave the 63-year-old man multiple blows with their fists and feet to his head and torso," the Committee said.
After the victim died, the women are said to have taken his body to a forest where they hid it in a hole. A report citing the Stavropol police said that an investigation was launched after the police was informed about the incident.
As per the Investigative Committee, "The victim died at the scene as a result of his injuries. Wishing to avoid responsibility for the offence, the accused dragged the body of the deceased to a wooded area and hid it in a hole."
A murder case was lodged against the two women who have now been placed under detention for two months. Several media reports carried clips and videos which showed probing officials with the two women as they attempted to piece together the sequence of events that unfolded at the scene of the crime in the forest.
Published 11 June 2024, 11:49 IST