Suspect admits to killing figure skater
MOSCOW One of two men detained in Kazakhstan on suspicion of killing Olympic figure skating medallist Denis Ten has confessed, authorities said Friday.
Prosecutor Berik Zhuyrektayev said in a televised statement that Nu ra ly ki ya sov“confessed his guilt in the presence of an attorney” while being questioned over the 25-year-old skater’s death Thursday in the Kazakh city of Almaty.
The prosecutor didn’ t give further details of what exactly ki ya so vs aid. Police have also detained 23-yearold Arman Kudaibergenov in connection with Ten’s death, which has prompted national mourning. Authorities released a picture of the dishevelled-looking man being held by masked men wearing body armour and camouflage uniforms.
Ten was stabbed after a dispute with people who allegedly tried to steal a mirror from his car in his home city of Almaty. He died in hospital from multiple wounds, the Kazinform news agency said.
Prosecutors are treating his death as murder.
Kaz inform reported that ki ya sov was taken to the scene of the crime under heavy security friday as part of the investigation.
Ten’s bronze in Sochi in 2014 made him kazakh stan’ s first olympic medallist in figure skating. He also won the Four Continents championships in 2015, and was a world championship silver medallist in 2013.
He struggled with injuries in recent years and could finish only 27 thatt hep ye ongc hang olympics in February.
Ten had been working on a script in recent months that kazakh- russian director tim ur be km am betov said Friday would now be turned into a movie.
“We’re definitely going to try to realize his idea and shoot a film dedicated to this multi-talented person,” Bekmambetov said in comments released by Kazakhstan’s embassy to Russia.
“In his 25 years, Ten managed to do very much and had grand plans which he would surely have put into practice because he was a real hard worker.”