Tajik taxi driver found stabbed to death at Pulkovo airport

A month ago he came to St. Petersburg to work. The body of a 26-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, who worked as a taxi driver, was found on the territory of Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. This was reported to Interfax on January 24 by an informed source.. There are several incised wounds on the body, […]

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A month ago he came to St. Petersburg to work.

The body of a 26-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, who worked as a taxi driver, was found on the territory of Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. This was reported to Interfax on January 24 by an informed source..

There are several incised wounds on the body, including in the area of the throat and the back of the head. There are stab wounds, the source said.

The body of a man was found the night before in a Volkswagen Polo car owned by one of the firms in the city.

CCTV footage shows four people were in the car before the murder. According to preliminary information, the deceased was a taxi driver and brought three passengers to the airport; in the car between the men there was an argument that ended in murder.

In connection with the incident, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder).

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