MOSCOW, July 29 (RIA Novosti) – Police are investigating after a masked assailant broke into a businessman’s home in south Russia and shot dead his two children and wounded his wife, the local Investigative Committee said in a statement on Monday.
The gunman, armed with a rifle, broke into the house through the roof Saturday night, entered the room where two children were sleeping and opened fire. The boy, 16, was taken to hospital but died of his injuries, while the girl, 11, died at the scene, the Stavropol Region’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Their mother, 43, is being treated in hospital for gunshot injuries she received when the gunman shot at her before fleeing the scene, the Investigative Committee statement said.
Information about the attack was passed to neighboring police forces, roadblocks were set up and a manhunt is underway, local police said in a press release issued July 28.
The crime took place at a private residence in the village of Lisogorskaya, owned by a businessman who is involved in cattle breeding.
Investigators have opened a criminal case, and are considering the possibility that the attack was linked to the businessman’s commercial activity.
