Police were investigating the deaths of five homeless men who were severely beaten in a Moscow suburb, the prosecutor’s office said Wednesday.

A woman who was also found unconscious was hospitalized with head injuries, Moscow regional prosecutor’s spokeswoman Yelena Rossokhina said.

Residents of Khimki, a town on Moscow’s northern outskirts, called police to report finding the bodies alongside an outdoor heating pipe, she said.

Prosecutors have opened a murder investigation.

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