Student Arrested in Barnaul for Police Car Arson

In Barnaul, a student set fire to a vehicle at the instruction of criminals; he has been detained.

Consensus

A 19-year-old student from Penza was arrested in Barnaul.
The student is accused of setting fire to a police vehicle.
The arson occurred on an open parking lot near a police department.
The student claimed he was coerced by individuals posing as FSB and police officials.
The student stated he was threatened with a 25-year prison sentence or being sent to the war in Ukraine.
The student was allegedly instructed to travel to multiple cities across Russia.
The student was detained at the scene of the arson.
The suspect has been sent to pre-trial detention.
Authorities are investigating the individuals who ordered the crime.

The student claimed he was instructed to travel to cities including Saratov, Lipetsk, Moscow, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Achinsk, Uglegorsk, Nevelsk, Magadan, Novosibirsk, and Barnaul. — mediazona
The student initially refused to set fire to a transformer near a railway and was pressured into changing the task to burning a police car. — mediazona
The student stated that he believed he was delivering money to a government treasury, but remained uncertain. — mediazona
The student claimed that the purpose of the arson was to lure police officers out of the building so someone could enter and check documents. — mediazona
The student provided a video recording from surveillance cameras showing the fire occurred around 2 a.m. on October 17. — mediazona
The student was arrested for setting fire to a police car at the request of unknown individuals posing as intelligence officers. — vesti
The student faces a potential sentence of up to 20 years. — vesti