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Russia Arrests 2 in Deadly School Seizure |
2004-11-19 |
![]() Shepel wouldn't elaborate, but the daily Gazeta identified the suspect as Marina Korigova, a college student, and said she has been in custody for about two weeks. Investigators said Korigova had had 16 telephone conversations with a man who had taken part in the seizure, Gazeta quoted Korigova's lawyer as saying. The lawyer, Sharip Tepsayev, said Korigova said the man was her neighbor and insisted that she had done nothing wrong. The daily Vremya Novostei said another resident of Ingushetia, Akhmed Merzhoyev, 28, also has been detained on charges of involvement in the school seizure. It quoted investigators as saying Merzhoyev had delivered food to the assailants at their camp in a forest before the attack and that he knew about their plans. |
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