Russia jails 'Grand Theft Auto' killers who ambushed drivers
Russia jails 'Grand Theft Auto' killers who ambushed drivers
10 August 2018
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Gang member Zafardzhon Gulyamov in the Moscow Regional Court
Four gunmen who robbed and killed 17 drivers on motorways around Moscow have been jailed for life.Russian media nicknamed the killers - Central Asian migrants - the "Grand Theft Auto" gang, after a popular computer game mimicking gang violence.In the night attacks spikes were scattered on roads, forcing drivers to stop and get out. The gang then shot them and stole their belongings.Four other gang members died last year while trying to flee from custody.On 1 August last year they overpowered two guards escorting them in a lift, and grabbed their guns, but the guards managed to alert colleagues who opened fire when the lift doors opened.
Three died on the spot, and a fourth in hospital 11 days later. One survived and was among the gang members sentenced on Thursday.The motorway …
10 August 2018
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Getty Images
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Gang member Zafardzhon Gulyamov in the Moscow Regional Court
Four gunmen who robbed and killed 17 drivers on motorways around Moscow have been jailed for life.Russian media nicknamed the killers - Central Asian migrants - the "Grand Theft Auto" gang, after a popular computer game mimicking gang violence.In the night attacks spikes were scattered on roads, forcing drivers to stop and get out. The gang then shot them and stole their belongings.Four other gang members died last year while trying to flee from custody.On 1 August last year they overpowered two guards escorting them in a lift, and grabbed their guns, but the guards managed to alert colleagues who opened fire when the lift doors opened.
Three died on the spot, and a fourth in hospital 11 days later. One survived and was among the gang members sentenced on Thursday.The motorway …