Whole family found slain in Stavropol region

MOSCOW. March 11. KAZINFORM A whole family has been found slain in the Stavropol region. An eight- year- old boy found tied up on the crime scene is the only survivor in the tragedy, spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Thursday. Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Two women and a man were found stabbed in a private house in Mineralyniye Vody on Thursday. The slain victims were identified as a married coupe aged 45 and 42 and their 21- year-old daughter, Markin said. Psychologists have been working with the survivor, Markin added.

The Stavropol department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the massacre. Experienced detectives from the Stavropol Criminal Investigation Department were summoned to the crime scene. Law enforcers said the man had worked as a communications operator, his wife was a nurse and the daughter was a student. Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com