Charge laid after 23-year-old hockey player killed; footage shows altercation that led to his death
A 37-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 23-year-old hockey player was stabbed and killed over the weekend in Moscow. According to reports, the man will be kept in custody until at least June 24th, when he is expected to face trial.
Newer details from Sport24.ru state Roman Didur and the accused got into an argument while entering a café during the early morning hours on Sunday. Didur was celebrating his birthday at the time with some friends. After exchanging words, Didur was stabbed in the chest area and bled to death before an ambulance could get to the scene.
Didur played in the Moscow Student Hockey League (MSHL) up until 2017-18. He participated in a total of 165 matches at the youth and student levels. He was still playing hockey for an amateur club in Moscow at the time of his death.
Below is a video that shows footage of the fight that broke out outside of the café. It does not show the stabbing, but you can clearly see a man brandishing a knife and pointing it at people for a few seconds. It appears there were several people involved in the altercation.
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