Chocolate factory boss, Ilya Averyanov, flees the building in through a secret TUNNEL, when he is surrounded after a deadly gun rampage – leaving Moscow police red faced
Gunman slips through police net in Moscow, leaving the officers red-faced with embarrassment
Chocolate factory owner Ilya Averyanov shot one man dead, and wounded three with his Saiga semi-automatic rifle, Wednesday morning
As Averyanov, 49, shot at his own employees, some reportedly, were forced to leap from windows to safety at the Menshevik plant, in the Russian capital
He then called a radio station to claim he was the victim of prosecutors acting like a criminal ‘gang’, and warned that he would ‘fight until the very end’
Responding officers who believed they had Averyanov surrounded, were still in place when he escaped through a secret tunnel
Workers were forced to leap from the windows to save their lives, reports claim
Ilya Averyanov, [photo] allegedly opened fire on three “visitors” believed to be local prosecutors. he killed one man, and injured three others with his Saiga semi-automatic rifle, Wednesday morning in Moscow
Police in the Russian capital of Moscow earlier today, dug in to out wait a rampaging gunman they thought they had cornered in a chocolate factory, but the wily gunman made good his escape through a secret tunnel while law enforcement officers laid siege outside.
A chocolate factory boss was on the run today after he eluded hundreds of Vladimir Putin’s national guard troops and police officers following a bloody shoot out at a leading Moscow sweet production line.
Ilya Averyanov, 49, shot one man dead, and wounded three with his Saiga semi-automatic rifle in a violent dispute with state prosecutors who had come to the Menshevik plant.
Law enforcement were left red-faced after putting a cordon round the plant for five hours before storming it – only to find that the candy director had fled through a secret tunnel soon after the shootings.
Police at the scene outside the factory this morning as police worked to establish contact with the gunman.
The chocolate factory boss was on the run today after he eluded hundreds of Vladimir Putin’s national guard troops and police officers following a bloody shoot out at a leading Moscow sweet production line.
The shooter later ‘barricaded’ himself inside the plant where 400 sweet-makers were at work, as he told ta local radio station
Law enforcement [seen at the Menshevik plant, in Moscow, Wednesday], were left red-faced after putting a cordon round the plant for five hours before storming it – only to find that the candy director had fled through a secret tunnel soon after the shootings.
Averyanov caused more embarrassment to the authorities by going on live radio to claim he was the victim of prosecutors acting like a criminal ‘gang’.
He is believed to have escaped the factory via a secret underground passageway as a ‘mopping up’ operation was launched.
One report that Averyanov had been shot dead in the special forces was later withdrawn.
Body of security guard Alexei Osipov, who was killed in the sweet factory shooting
After Ilya Averyanov shot one man dead, and wounded three he caused more embarrassment to the authorities by going on live radio to claim he was the victim of prosecutors acting like a criminal ‘gang’. Police are pictured at the scene
Averyanov evidently is facing legal action over alleged debts. In a radio interview during the chaos, the suspect has claimed prosecutors were seeking to rob him of control of the lucrative business.
He was ‘barricaded’ inside the plant where 400 sweet-makers were at work, he told the station
In a dramatic development, Averyanov told a Moscow radio station by phone: ‘I am the factory’s director. I am sitting inside here, barricaded.’
He accused state prosecutors of acting like a ‘criminal gang’ against him.
‘They have been following me for four years. They pulled my factory away from me by using fake documents.
‘They are buying everything, they are faking documents and use these fake documents in court.
Police and an ambulance outside the building of the confectionery factory “Menshevik”, where a gunman earlier opened a fire on authorities visiting his factory, in Moscow, Russia on Dec 27, 201. He is believed to have escaped the factory via a secret underground passageway as a ‘mopping up’ operation was launched
‘I have arms, too, today I defended myself. I shot one of them, sadly looks like I shot him to death. This is the story. If I live, I’ll fight until the very end.
‘Now I am being surrounded by special forces. All’s well. Now I’ll be either shooting myself, or I’ll surrender’.
The head of Moscow police General Oleg Baranov was at the scene taking personal control of what turned out to be a debacle.
Some workers leapt from windows to safety.
‘People were stricken with panic,’ said one female witness.
31-year-old security guard, Alexey Kostikov, was identified as the man who died in the factory.
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