The teenager who is suspected of committing a murder and a number of break-ins in Caracui village of Hâncești district was remanded in custody for 30 days.

Contacted by IPN for details, spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General’s Office Maria Vieru said the 17-year-old boy was charged on three counts: deliberate murder, murder attempt and burglary.

Another boy aged 16, who was also detained by the police, will be investigated outside remand.

On the night of February 18, the teen aged 17 broke into several houses in his native village and extorted money from the owners. Some of them were injured, while a man was killed. The suspect was found in the backyard of a house. He was trying to hide. The 17-tyear-old teen from Caracui was in an advanced state of inebriation. The money that was presumably extorted from the victims was found on him.