A man who was killed and then found “in a pool of blood” Saturday at the Burning Man festival in Northern Nevada has been identified.

In a statement on Wednesday, Burning Man said that the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man as Vadim Kruglov from Russia.

The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said in a Tuesday news release that authorities are requesting information on the Aug. 30 homicide , which they say occurred “between 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in the area between 8 o’clock and I St. and 845 and I St. in Black Rock City.”

Black Rock City is the “temporary metropolis in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert” that becomes the main gathering place at Burning Man, according to the Burning Man Project’s website.

Authorities said previously that around 9:15 p.m., a festivalgoer flagge

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