Posted on 09/26/2004 7:39:29 AM PDT by knighthawk
The man arrested last week for allegedly trying to kill President Vladimir Putin with a car bomb was interrogated by 150 police officers before he died. Police said he died of a heart attack. The Observer can reveal that the body of Alexander Pumane, 38, from St Petersburg, was so badly beaten that his relatives were unable to identify him.
Pumane was arrested at 1am last Saturday after he parked a Lada near the foreign ministry. Police found explosives, two anti-personnel mines and a container of unidentified liquid in the car.
Pumane, whom officials insisted was under the influence of drugs, was questioned for three hours.
The Izvestiya newspaper said he was interrogated by up to 150 people. Pumane said he had been paid $1,000 (£550) - but refused to say by whom - to drive two cars to Kutuzovsky Prospekt, a road used daily by the presidential limousine.
After hours in custody, Pumane was rushed to hospital, and by 8.30am he was dead.
His ex-wife Natalia said: 'I was told about his death on Saturday and then invited to the prosecutor's office in St Petersburg. They told me Alexander was brought to hospital in a state of drug intoxication and with bruising over all the body.'
There once was a man named Pumane
An assassin (or else just insane)
He tried to be cute 'n
Lay a car bomb on Putin
His comeuppance was fair, not humane
I'm having trouble caring one iota about this guy being interrogated by 150 cops...
If I was in Russa and one of my realatives had just tried to murder the President of Russia and this was being discussed with 150 ex KGB policeman, I would have a hard time trying to identify the individual as anybody I had ever known.
Yeah but did they put women's underwear on his head or put a leash on him and take funny pictures...
Where's the outrage.....
No national guard MPs to hang it on apparently.....
imo
The Russians seem to favor a more direct, pro-active approach to dealing with terrorists.
That is kind of like being woken up by Beria and told that Stalin was in a bad way and you as a doctor had to save him!
Or having the name of Mudd and having someguy stop by complaining about his leg hurting after someone had just shot the President of the United States and had hurt his leg in the escape.
Sounds like the interegation was each guy walking up and taking his best punch.
Can we order this on VHS or DVD?
OK. How do we know if it really was Mr. Pumane?
Pumane said he had been paid $1,000 (£550) - but refused to say by whom -...
Or he did tell and they have "disappeared" or will be found "badly beaten" somewhere.
The only question in my mind is since 150 officers did the interigation, how did they decide who would go first?
and BunnySlippers posted:
"Interrogated" by 150 officers? That's some interrogation in a very short span of time.
The image that comes to mind is the scene in Airplane where everyone lines up to slap the hysterical woman. Even the nuns (they had clubs, I think).
Three hours is 180 minutes. With 150 officers that's just over a minute per officer.
"Next! Who has number 97? Number 97! If you don't step up right now we have to move on....."
I beieve it was the Russians who started the term "the third degree".
But the Russians have more of them living within their borders they we do, so the job is even harder. At least we know this guy will never commit another act of terror.
A country that doesn't give a hang for political correctness is a major asset in the War on Terror.
Russia has had border problems for centuries because of the people who have run Russia. Remember the separatists in the Baltic republics back in 1991 who died of "heart attacks"? Perhaps it's a little late in the game for Russia to do a 180 degree turn, but corruption and authoritarianism go hand in hand. That's Russia's chief problem.
But the Russians have more of them living within their borders they we do
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