Friday, February 19, 2010

Former Officer Denis Yevsyukov Sentenced to Life for Shooting

A former police major who went on a shooting rampage last year at a Moscow supermarket, killing two people and wounding others, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, a spokesman for the Moscow City Court said.

Denis Yevsyukov, the former major, confessed to killing one of the victims, but said he could not remember much of the episode. The shooting provoked widespread anger in Russia, where video of Mr. Yevsyukov stalking the supermarket aisles, firing at fleeing customers, has been played repeatedly on television.

His lawyers said they would appeal the sentence.

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