Moscow Casino Robbery: Criminal Apprehended the Same Day
Two people were killed and another was injured in an armed attack on a Moscow slot machine arcade early Thursday (Aug. 19, 2004) morning, in what has become the tenth such robbery in the city since the start of the year ….
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December 12, 2004. Moscow. A city court-martial confined warrant officer Yuri Fablinov, who was accused of an armed robbery and slaughter of three men in a local arcade, to 22 years of imprisonment.
A 22 year-old Fablinov was found guilty of an armed robbery, massacre of two and more persons, and illegal possession of firearms. The court stripped Fablinov off his army rank and confined him to serve time in a high-security prison.
By the court verdict, Fablinov will have to undergo psychiatric treatment. According to expert’s conclusion, he was in a state of mental imbalance during the time of a crime, which is rooted in his involvement in counter-terrorist operations in Chechnya and Moscow.
An investigation showed that in August, 2004 Yuri Fablinov left his army headquarters without official leave carrying a gun. He planned this robbery and elimination of possible witnesses in advance. On August 19, 2004 he shot two arcade employees and one customer who used to attend the place frequently. He stole 25 thousand rubbles from the safe box, and took two thousand rubbles from one of the victim’s pockets.
Two of the victims died on the spot from numerous bullet wounds. Injured cashier died later in one of the Moscow hospitals.