- Date
- 07/12/1996
- First
- Anatoly
- Surname
- Belousov
- Sex/Age
- M
- Incident
- homicide
- Motive
- nJ
- Place
- stairwell entrance
- Job
- chief editor
- Medium
- Federal District Plus
- CENTRAL
- Street, Town, Region
- Moscow Region
- Freelance
- no
- Local/National
- national, Krasnaya zvezda
- Other Ties
- Cause of Death
- murder, beaten
- Legal Qualification
- no information
- Impunity
- No Information
Anatoly Belousov (colonel, reserves), the deputy chief editor of Krasnaya zvezda, was attacked as he was returning home from work on 3 December 1996 in the stairwell entrance to his apartment block. After his unidentified assailants hit him over the head he lost consciousness. He died in hospital on 7 December 1996 without coming round.
Belousov’s attackers stole his fur coat and hat, and his briefcase, and disappeared.