Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has called for the gunmen and anyone else involved in Friday’s attack near Moscow to be killed.
The deadly attack has prompted discussions among Vladimir Putin’s allies about resurrecting the death penalty, which has not been used in Russia since 1996.
In a post to Telegram after the four suspects were placed in pre-trial detention, Mr Medvedev said: “Everyone asks me. What to do? They were caught.”
He continued: “Do they have to be killed? They have to be. And will be. But it is much more important to kill everyone involved. Everyone. Who paid, who sympathised, who helped. Kill them all.”
Vladimir Vasilyev, parliamentary leader of the United Russia faction in the lower house of parliament, also said people in Russia were “asking questions” about the death penalty.
The Kremlin, however, said it was not taking part in such discussions (more in our earlier posts).
Capital punishment is legal in Russia but no executions have been carried out since 1996, when it was subject to a de-facto moratorium.
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