The attacker was on the run after killing a man.
Details were reported by the press service of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for St. Petersburg.
The burnt body of a man was found on Ligovsky Prospect.
Law enforcement officers established that he was killed by a 35-year-old native of Petrozavodsk.
The attacker was in St. Petersburg in a state of alcoholic intoxication. He suddenly had the desire to set fire to a stranger.
The victim received severe burns and died at the scene.
The criminal, realizing what he had done, went on the run. He hid for some time, but was later detained in the city of Bologoye (Tver Region).
A criminal case was opened against the native of Petrozavodsk. At the same time, investigators took into account that the crime was committed with particular cruelty for hooligan motives.
