Russian woman's head found after suspected sex attack
RUSSIANS are in shock over the macabre beheading of a missing female architecture student whose remains were found in a city's botanical gardens after a suspected sex attack.
The severed head of Viktoria Povesma, 20, was dumped in a plastic bag near a pond in Tomsk, Siberia.
She had gone missing after a night out with friends in the city.
Brutal killing:Â Viktoria Povesma, 20, disappeared after a night out with friends in her home town of Tomsk in Siberia
Police today detained a 29 year old man with 'a history of sex attacks' who has confessed to killing her, say reports citing law enforcement officials.
Investigators later found her body parts during a search for remains relating to a suspected sex attack and murder.
Blonde with green eyes, Ms Povesma was a student of Tomsk State University of Architecture and Construction.
A search had been underway for the student - who was wearing jeans and a black T-shirt when she vanished after a night out with friends on Saturday.
Gruesome: The severed head of the 20-year-old was dumped in a plastic bag near a pond in the botanical gardens of Tomsk, Siberia.
Tragedy: Ms Povesma was a university student set to get a degree in architecture
Suspect: A 29-year-old old man with 'a history of sex attacks' Â has confessed to the murder
Her parents reported her missing on Sunday after she failed to return home and did not attend a reunion of school friends she had been looking forward to.
She was last seen at a park called Lagerny Garden just over a mile from the Siberian Botanical Garden where her severed head was found.
A statement from the regional branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said Ms Povesma 'went for a walk and did not come back', reported The Siberian Times.
Scene of the crime: The young woman was last seen just over a mile from the Siberian Botanical Garden where her severed head was found (pictured)
'On Sunday her parents reported her missing and later on 31 July by the bank of a pond in the botanical garden a severed head was found.'
Russians expressed horror today at Ms Povesma's brutal killing.
'This girl is almost a child - these beasts,' said one on social media.
Others expressed disgust at the scale of sex attacks and murders.
'She was such a beautiful and clever girl with her life in front of her - who could do this to her?' asked one commenter.
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