Shooting Incident at Russian Online Retailer Wildberries' Office, 2 Dead and 7 Injured

TapTechNews September 23rd news, on September 18th, the Russian Investigative Committee confirmed that a shooting incident occurred in the office of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries (Wild Berry) in Moscow on the same day, resulting in 2 deaths and 7 injuries.

It is known that the two deceased were security guards in the office building of the business center where the company is located, and the gunman is said to be the husband of Wildberry's chief executive and famous Russian female billionaire Tatiana Bakalchuk (Tatiana Bakalchuk), Vladislav Bakalchuk (Vladislav Bakalchuk), who is separated from Tatiana.

TapTechNews learned that Tatiana and Vladislav jointly founded the Wildberry e-commerce company in 2004. In July this year, the two agreed to divorce, and Vladislav only got 1% of the company's shares, and Tatiana became the largest shareholder of the company. In mid-June this year, Tatiana announced that the Wildberries company would merge with the Russian outdoor advertising giant Russ, but Vladislav thinks this is a serious mistake.

And on September 18th, Vladislav broke into the Wildberry office with a group of people and opened fire, trying to occupy the office location, resulting in 2 deaths and 7 injuries. However, Vladislav denied carrying a weapon and claimed that the shooting came from inside the building had nothing to do with him, but Tatiana refuted that Vladislav's men fired first.

At present, the Russian Investigative Committee has filed a case for this incident, and the Russian news agency RIA claims that 30 people have been detained due to the case.