A 27-year-old manager, who is referred to by the newspaper only by his first name, Evgeny, had been following the couple at a short distance.
The young man, however, was wearing headphones which were connected to his smartphone and was listening to loud music and looking at his device rather than paying attention to the two. He therefore neither heard the shots nor saw the exact moment of the attack.
When he finally glanced up, he saw a crowd of people rather than a lone couple. The man was already lying on the ground, his partner was standing to the side, and a third man (supposedly the killer) was fleeing the scene, jumping over the street curb separating the sidewalk from the road.
The escapee jumped into the rear seat of a Russian-made car, probably a white AvtoVAZ Lada Priora sedan. The investigation, however, reports that the attackers were in a ZAZ Sens.
The lawyers of Zaur Dadayev are planning to use the above discrepancies as an evidence of his noninvolvement in the murder. The lawyers suggest their defendant might have perjured himself.
Earlier in March, five suspects were detained in connection with the murder. Neither suspect has acknowledged his guilt.
