October 31, 2008 - 15:23 AMT
Russian policemen who killed Armenian citizen face life imprisonment
Three Russian policemen, who murdered Armenian citizen Armen Gasparyan, 30, are facing life imprisonment for their crime, said Nikolay Nikotin, head of Saratov investigating committee.

The police officers wanted to compel confession of gold theft from Armen Gasparyan. They beat him severely and then burned. All of them were drunk, Vzglyad-Info reports.

The three confessed of the killing. On October 29 night, they took Gasparyan to a wasteland and beat him. Then they poured petrol over him and burned. When the young man tried to run away, they killed him and buried.