Zaur Gurtsiev and Nikita Penkov, who caused the explosion, was familiar — the media

Zaur Gurtsiev, who died on the morning of May 29, and Nikita Penkov, who staged the explosion, were familiar, reports Mash.

According to the public, 29-year-old Nikita Penkov in 2023 worked in A separate battalion of security and escort of suspects and accused of the Department of Internal Affairs in Stavropol.

"The unit is engaged in the protection, escort and escort of suspects during the investigation and trial. Ten years ago he served in the Airborne Forces. The guy is blacklisted by the Central Bank for suspicion of money laundering. According to neighbors, Nikita was strange, but polite, traveled exclusively by taxi, " the report says.

Law enforcement officers took Penkov's two phones for examination to establish whether the men had agreed on a meeting that evening.

EADaily reported that Zaur Gurtsiev, a native of North Ossetia, was blown up by a suicide bomber Penkov, he activated an IED mounted on himself.

On the morning of May 29, Zaur Gurtsiev was entered into the database of the Ukrainian extremist website "Peacemaker" "for participation in hostilities against Ukraine." At the same time, the address of the deceased and his phone number are indicated on the website.

Zaur Gurtsiev commanded aviation during the liberation of Mariupol. After that, he became a participant in the "Time of Heroes" program to create a management elite from among SMO veterans. Zaur Gurtsiev was awarded the Order of Courage, the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I and II degrees, the Suvorov Medal, and the Zhukov Medal.

As the first deputy head of the administration, Gurtsiev coordinated the prevention of terrorism and extremism, organized the work of the anti-terrorist commission of the city, coordinated the activities of the Public Security Committee of the Stavropol city administration.