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Moscow resident kidnapped computer seller over faulty system unit, court sentences him to six years

Moscow man kidnapped computer seller over faulty system unit, threatened to burn him, got six years.

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RIA Novosti reported, citing court documents, that a Moscow resident kidnapped a computer seller who had sold him a non-working system unit for 12,000 rubles. [1] Police in Austria seized 160 animals from a 59-year-old man on Wednesday in the district of Jennersdorf, Burgenland, due to inhumane living conditions. [2] The court classified the actions as kidnapping by a group with threat of violence and robbery. [3] The seller was forced into a car, insulted, and threatened with being burned, stabbed, and buried in a forest. [4] The victim transferred 12,000 rubles and left his computer, with total damage of 36,000 rubles. [5] An official veterinarian ordered the removal of the animals due to an immediate danger. [6] The animals were found in cramped spaces without water in the hot sun. [7] The man kept rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, roosters, and chicks on his property in the district of Jennersdorf. [8]
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  1. RIA Novosti reported, citing court documents, that a Moscow resident kidnapped a computer seller who had sold him a non-working system unit for 12,000 rubles. · Lenta.ruRussia
  2. Police in Austria seized 160 animals from a 59-year-old man on Wednesday in the district of Jennersdorf, Burgenland, due to inhumane living conditions. · DER STANDARD
  3. The court classified the actions as kidnapping by a group with threat of violence and robbery. · Lenta.ruRussia
  4. The seller was forced into a car, insulted, and threatened with being burned, stabbed, and buried in a forest. · Lenta.ruRussia
  5. The victim transferred 12,000 rubles and left his computer, with total damage of 36,000 rubles. · Lenta.ruRussia
  6. An official veterinarian ordered the removal of the animals due to an immediate danger. · DER STANDARD
  7. The animals were found in cramped spaces without water in the hot sun. · DER STANDARD
  8. The man kept rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, roosters, and chicks on his property in the district of Jennersdorf. · DER STANDARD
The one we could place publishes from Russia. 1 could not be placed by their address. None is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.
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