Minsk "shooter" wounded by policemen before taking his life
The 59-year-old man was wounded in the shoot-off with the police officers before committing suicide.
The Interior Ministry
revealed some details of yesterday incident at Mashynistau Street in Minsk. Two
law-enforcement officials arrived there after a phone call from the local
inhabitants, who informed that an armed man walked along the street and shot a
dog.
"The man behaved peacefully during the conversation, he wasn't suspicious
at all. However, when we offered him to go to the police department with us, he
suddenly opened the fire", - representatives of the Interior Ministry told BELTA. As a result, the chief operative officer of
the criminal investigation was shot in the thigh, while warrant police officer
37-year-old Ihar Ivanchyk died of two fire wounds.
Representatives of the district police department, Department of Security, riot
police and "Almaz" arrived to the incident site. They blocked the
territory around the garage where the armed man locked himself. He shot himself
in the head with a sawn-off gun. During the search the policemen found a
handgun revolver, a hunting sawn-off gun, a gas pistol rearranged as a gun with
battle patrons, and armament.
A criminal case has been started.
The deceased Ihar Ivanchyk will be awarded by the state for heroism and self-sacrificing attitude.
