On Sunday, the police discovered the bodies of three people, including a 15-year-old boy, in a camper van in the Okolchitsa Peak area. Investigators believe they were connected to a triple killing that took place a week earlier by a mountain hut near Petrohan, which was later burned down. Five of the dead were members of the National Agency for Control of Protected Areas NGO and had lived at the hut, police said. The three who remained at the hut were later filmed setting it on fire. Police said the NGO members were involved in Tibetan Buddhism, adding that Buddhist books and banners were found inside the hut.

Source: The Telegraph February 10, 2026 09:12 UTC