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True crime · 18.03.2002

'Made in Predator': the bombs on Roosikrantsi Street

At 4.24 a.m. on 18 March 2002 a bomb exploded at the main door of Roosikrantsi 8 in Tallinn, apparently aimed at the Jahimaailm hunting shop. A second followed four minutes later, and a third failed to go off. On one was written 'made in predator'. Guns taken from the shop window were used in five murders that spring. The killers were Juri Ustimenko and Dmitri Medvedev, Russians who had deserted from a submariners' school in St Petersburg. They shot a taxi driver, shop assistants and a cash courier. In May Latvian police stopped them in Valka, and Medvedev and a Latvian officer died in the shootout. Ustimenko was caught in Poland and sentenced to life.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

18. märtsil 2002 kell 4.24 plahvatas Tallinnas Roosikrantsi 8 peaukse juures pomm, mis oli arvatavasti mõeldud Jahimaailma poe ründamiseks. Neli minutit hiljem kärgatas teine ja kolmas jäi lõhkemata. Ühele pommile oli kirjutatud „made in predator“. Poe vitriinist võetud relvadega pandi samal kevadel toime viis mõrva. Tapjad olid Peterburi allveelaevnike koolist deserteerunud Venemaa kodanikud Juri Ustimenko ja Dmitri Medvedev. Nad lasid maha taksojuhi, poemüüjaid ja rahavedaja. Mais peatas Läti politsei nad Valkas ning tulevahetuses said surma Medvedev ja üks Läti politseinik. Ustimenko tabati Poolas ja mõisteti eluks ajaks vangi.

Map of the area around 'Made in Predator': the bombs on Roosikrantsi Street
59.43146° N, 24.74328° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Juri Ustimenko and Dmitri Medvedev ↗

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