Two businessmen and official accused of murder in Karachay-Cherkessia

Two businessmen and an official of the republic's ministry of agriculture have been arrested in Karachay-Cherkessia. The men are accused of murdering five people.

According to the police, Aslan Sozarukov, aged 30, Murat Shamanov, aged 32 and Azret Ediyev, aged 34, killed five people in May 2011 on the road between the towns of Prigorodnoye and Ilyichevskoye.