Student from Penza set fire to police car in Barnaul

Nineteen-year-old student of Penza State University set fire to a police car in Barnaul at the direction of unknown persons. A criminal case has been opened, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk said.

According to her, the attackers persuaded the young man to come to Barnaul under the pretext of helping the special services in catching the criminal. He was instructed to set fire to a car in an open parking lot near one of the police departments.

Law enforcement officers quickly extinguished the fire and detained the suspect. He was taken into custody.

The case was initiated under part 1 of article 205 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation on a terrorist act. Investigators conducted searches and interrogations, appointed examinations. Arson orders are set up.

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