The tragic incident occurred due to violation of rules of handling weapons.
In the town of Sosnovy Bor, the soldier part of Regardie for the protection of Leningrad NPP shot and killed a colleague.
As it became known to the Academy “Operational cover”, the incident occurred on September 22 at about ten o’clock in the morning in the 1-kilometer from the Koporsky highway, in a wooded area, during planned tactical exercises. Contract serviceman of the military unit 3705 of Regardie, 27-year-old warrant officer, the commander of the third division platoon for special purposes, as a result of careless handling of weapons fired a random shot from a Kalashnikov AKM-74 caliber 5.45 mm. In result, a stray bullet were killed on the spot by another contract employee, 31-year-old Sergeant, senior gunner in the same division. The young man died at the scene.
The check is conducted 53 military investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
