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Probe launched in Crimea in murder of two ER doctors

The investigating bodies of the Main Investigations Directorate for Crimea have opened a criminal investigation in a crime under paragraph “a” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (murder of two or more people), after a male nurse and a medic of ER were killed in the city of Simferopol.

According to investigators, today about 4 PN, a man armed with a hunting rifle entered an ER in Sevastopolskaya street in the city of Simferopol and fired at four employees. A male nurse was killed at the scene, three medics with different wounds were taken to hospital. One of the medics was wounded in the stomach and died later, another one is in grave condition with a wound to his head, medics are fighting for his life and the last one had a slight wound to his forearm. The shooter took off in a Moskvich car.

At present, a set of investigative operations are underway to find out all the circumstances of the crime. The investigators are working at the scene, questioning the victim, witnesses and employees. Operative services have orders to identify and find the shooter. The investigation is ongoing.