The Yasnogorsk District Court of the Tula Region took the case of a dump truck driver who in October destroyed a gas station and threatened to blow up the station if it did not fill the full tank. About reported on the Telegram channel of the united press service of the regional jurisdiction.
“He approached the top manager of the gas station and demanded to fill the tank of the car with diesel, threatening the employees with violence dangerous to life and health, namely an explosion on the grounds of the gas station. ” said the press service.
The attacker claimed that he had explosives in the back of his dump truck. Having received a refusal, he destroyed the territory of the gas station: he crashed into a fuel dispenser and twice hit the column of the gas station canopy. There was also no status number on the car. According to investigators, the man wanted to steal 350 liters of diesel.
Incident at a gas station near Yasnogorsk dead October 13. After damaging the gas station equipment, the driver escaped, but was later detained and taken into custody. He faces up to eight years in prison for theft.