- From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
MOSCOW — Early Friday morning authorities in Kazakhstan said a man has been detained and made a confession in the killing of Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Denis Ten.
Ten, 25, was stabbed after a dispute with people who allegedly tried to steal a mirror from his car. He died in hospital of massive blood loss from multiple wounds, the Kazinform news agency said.
Ten achieved the bronze medal during the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014 making him Kazakhstan’s first Olympic medalist in figure skating. Ten also won the Four Continents championships in 2015, and was a world championship silver medalist in 2013.
Prosecutor Berik Zhuyrektayev announced that Nuraly Kiyasov “confessed his guilt in the presence of an attorney” while being questioned over the 25-year-old figure skater’s death.
The prosecutor didn’t give further details of what exactly Kiyasov had said. In addition, a second man named Arman Kudaibergenov is being sought by authorities in connection with Ten’s death.
