Three homeless Russian men have been charged with murder after they killed a 25-year-old man known to them and sold his body to be used for kababs and meat pies.

The men also used parts of the body for food for themselves.

The murder took place in Perm, which is located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European section of Russia close to the Ural Mountains, around 1,000 miles east of Moscow.

A Russian investigation unit based in Perm said the victim was attacked with a hammer and knife. He was repeatedly stabbed after he was beaten.

"After the crime was carried out, the corpse was dismembered and partly used for food, and also sold to a kiosk that sold kababs and meat pies," the Perm investigators said in a statement.