This Article is From Jan 24, 2011

Indian killed, another injured in Moscow theft

Moscow: An Indian national was killed and another injured after being badly beaten up by a group of robbers who forcibly entered into their apartment in east Moscow, police said.

Four robbers entered into the apartment shared by the two Indians on Shcholkovskoye Highway on Sunday and tied them with scotch tape, they said.

The Indians were badly beaten up by the robbers and one of them died, Interfax reported quoting police.

Valuables and cash worth USD 500 were robbed from the apartment rented, they said, without disclosing the identity of Indians.

"A criminal case has been launched and the local branch of Investigations Committee is conducting the probe," a police spokesperson said.

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