Muscovy set fire to his ex-wife's apartment, where the children were staying.
According to the capital's Interior Ministry, the suspect is the 38-year-old ex-husband of a mother of four minors. The incident took place in an apartment building on Pulvina Street in the Pechatniki district. The man set fire to the apartment's vestibule door, causing the walls and entrance areas of six apartments to burn.
The fire was accompanied by heavy smoke, several people were hospitalized. The police detained the arsonist and took him to the department.
A criminal case is opened for the attempted murder of two or more in a usually dangerous manner.