Associated Press wrote:

The pair — identified as twin brothers Dmitry and Alexander Oparin — fled their garrison in the town of Solnechnogorsk just north of Moscow in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, seizing assault rifles and ammunition.

They killed two police officers who tried to stop them, hijacked a minibus and drove to a private home in the town of Dmitrov, some 60 kilometres north of the Russian capital, where they holed up with three hostages and were encircled by police.

Alexander later shot himself dead and his brother Dmitry was arrested, Mr. Alexeyev said.