19:58, 23 October 2017

"Rosgvardia" serviceman shoots his four colleagues dead in Chechnya

Rosgvardia special vehicles. Photo: http://twistar.ru/source/5057/photo?lang=ru

In Chechnya, a "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) soldier opened fire in the barracks and wounded four of his colleagues, who died from the wounds. The shooter was liquidated (killed), the "Rosgvardia" has reported.

According to its press service, today at about 4:00 p.m. Moscow time, in the village of Shelkovskaya, in one of the units, Senior Lieutenant "has mortally wounded four of his colleagues."

"The serviceman who opened fire in the barracks was liquidated by the on duty unit," the TASS quotes its source from the press service of the "Rosgvardia".

The "Rosgvardia" has also reported that after the incident, an internal inquiry was appointed. "To clear out all the circumstances, a group of officers of the central machinery of the 'Rosgvardia' was promptly sent to the place of the incident; they should clear out the circumstances and the reasons of the incident," the "Interfax" quotes its source.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.