IN BRIEF

Published: August 22, 2012 (Issue # 1723)

Woman Buried Alive

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — City police are searching for a man who buried a woman alive in a local cemetery.

On Monday, police received a message that two injured women had been found in the city’s Victims of January 9 Memorial cemetery. One of them had had her arms tied up and was covered in soil, Fontanka.ru reported.

The patrol unit that arrived on the scene found only one woman in her mid-twenties. Doctors treated her for numerous bruises, scratches and a head injury. The woman said that an unknown man had attacked her, beaten her up and then buried her.

No information about the second woman is currently known.

Navy Move Underway

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Russia’s Navy Headquarters has almost completed its move to St. Petersburg, Navy Commander Viktor Chirkov said last week, Interfax reported.

“The headquarters have already been located in St. Petersburg for over a month. At the end of August all the equipment will be moved here,” he said.