Wanted Russian Nightclub Owner Arrested in Spain

September 2nd, 2010

Fire NightclubInvestigators in Spain have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009, the Spanish National Police said today.

Authorities in Spain arrested Konstantin Mrykhin, who was the commercial director of a nightclub in Perm, Russia where fireworks triggered a fire and panic on December 5th, 2009, the police said in a statement.

Mrykhin has been wanted in Russia, where police say he ignored safety measures in organizing the fireworks display that caused the fire, the statement said.

Mrykhin fled Russia to live in a property in Barcelona, Spain to evade a charge of involuntary manslaughter, police said.


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