MOSCOW, April 20 (RIA Novosti) - A French businessman died along with his wife and their two-year-old daughter in a suspected arson attack at their central Moscow apartment early on Monday, investigators said.
Anatoly Bagmet, head of the Investigative Committee's Moscow branch, told RIA Novosti that the woman, named Olga, appears to have been suffocated, while the body of the man, Thierry, was severely burned. A criminal investigation has been launched.
The blaze broke out in two different parts of the apartment at 3 Tverskaya Yamskaya street, covering a total area of 20 square meters.
A police source told RIA Novosti that the businessman was a wine trader.
