Two policemen died in Tula one day

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (SU SKR) in the Tula region conducts a pre -investigation of the death of an employee of the police in an apartment in the regional center. The head of the press service of the investigative department Zinaida Kaminskaya told Interfax that on Thursday in the afternoon, the 41-year-old police captain was found by relatives hanged in his own apartment in the station area of ​​Tula.

"Currently, a check is being carried out in accordance with Article 144-145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. All the circumstances of the incident are clarified. Preliminary data indicate that it was suicide," Kaminskaya emphasized.

This is the second case of the death of a law enforcement officer of the Tula region over the past Thursday. On the night of October 7, a 26-year-old senior police sergeant died in the building of the district internal affairs department of the Uzlovsky district. According to the Information of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region, the policeman fired a shot from a service weapon in the head, as a result of which he died at the scene.

Meanwhile, a law enforcement source told the agency that several versions of what happened, including an accident, are being considered. “Most likely, the shot occurred at the moment when there were several police officers in the room, and one of them discharged the gun, which is categorically prohibited,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.