Azeri world wushu champion arrested in Moscow over killing Armenian
Two-time world and European wushu champion and former coach of Azerbaijani national team, Janpolad Budagov, has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of killing a police officer who is said to be of Armenian descent.
According to Russian law enforcement agencies, this August Budagov got into an argument with a district police officer in the Russian town of Samara and fatally stabbed him.
After the incident, Budagov is said to have fled Samara and stayed in different places to make it impossible to trace him.
He had also been wanted in Azerbaijan over hooliganism.
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