MOSCOW, July 6 (Itar-Tass) —— One of stake-holders in the Ecomash plant was found dead in his apartment in the town of Lyubertsy outside Moscow, a spokesman for the Moscow region’s investigation administration told Itar-Tass on Friday.

According to the spokesman,the 69-year-old man was found dead, with numerous knife and firearms wounds on his body.

A criminal case on murder charges was initiated. An investigation is underway.