The suspect in the arson of the military registration and enlistment office in Krasnoyarsk was detained. According to Baza , it turned out to be 23-year-old Andrei Petrauskas. During the interrogation, the young man explained his act by saying that he wanted to do a “good deed” for society.
The arson attempt, for which Petrauskas was detained, took place on the night of October 3rd. Police reported that an unidentified man threw two Molotov cocktails at the recruiting office and fled.
In Russia, after the mobilization announced by Putin, they began to set fire to military enlistment offices and administrative buildings with renewed vigor. You can read more about some of these cases here .
At the end of September, Vladimir Tsimlyansky, deputy head of the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, stated that the arson of military registration and enlistment offices could be regarded as terrorist attacks, the punishment for which is up to 15 years in prison. He acknowledged that cases of arson "are not isolated."
