11:44, 29 March 2008

Now, there are three suspects of murdering Ilyas Shurpaev

The searches underway in Tajikistan with the aim to find the suspects of murdering the journalist of Channel One Ilyas Shurpaev gave an unexpected result. Three persons are already figurants in the case.

We remind you that today in the afternoon, news arrived from Tajikistan that two suspects were caught as having relation to Shurpaev's murder. Now, the law enforcement bodies of Tajikistan are searching the third one, a source from the joint Tajik-Russian operative-investigating group has reported.

According to the source, the two earlier arrested supposed participants of this crime are already giving their confessions.

According to the chief of a staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, the joint group created to investigate Shurpaev's murder includes two representatives of Russian law enforcement bodies who have shared with their Tajik colleagues "detailed materials on potential criminals." This information was disseminated by the ITAR-TASS News Agency.