Russian kills friend with vodka after a drunken row

Police have found and arrested the Russian man who killed his drinking buddy by splashing vodka all over him and then setting him on fire.

It took the police more than a year to solve the mystery of the death of 33-year-old Alexander, whom the neighbors found burning alive in his apartment. The doctors could not save him, and the man died of vast burns three days after the incident, without regaining consciousness, Life.ru website reports.

However, eventually the police managed to solve the case and trace down the murderer, identified as Vitaly K., 48 years old.

On the day of the murder, Vitaly and Alexander were sitting peacefully drinking at Alexander’s apartment in Moscow, when they started arguing over some minor disagreement.

Soon, they were having a fight, and Vitaly, who had an opened bottle of vodka in his hands, splashed the 40% alcoholic liquor over his friend and threw a burning match at him.

When the man was enveloped by fire, Viraly realized what he had done and ran.

He now faces a lengthy prison term for a murder.