| Yaroslavsky shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Krai, Russia |
| Date | 25 August 2002 01:00 (VLAT) |
| Attack type | Mass murder, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | Saiga carbine |
| Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 10 |
| Perpetrator | Sergey Semidovskiy |
The Yaroslavsky shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Krai, Russia on 25 August 2002, when 40-year-old police captain Sergey Semidovskiy (Russian: Сергей Семидовский) killed five people and wounded ten others in and outside a bar with a Saiga carbine, after an argument with several customers. The drunk gunman then shot himself in the chest and was taken to a hospital in Khorol, where he tried again to commit suicide and eventually died of cardiac arrest on 27 August.
As a consequence of the shooting Colonel Lebedev, head of the Khorolsky District department of internal affairs, as well as Lieutenant-Colonel Kurgeyev, head of the personnel and training department, and Lieutenant-Colonel Kotyshev, head of public security police, were dismissed, and disciplinary measures were taken against several other members of the local police.
Victims
- Alexander Kuznetsov (Александр Кузнецов), 33, died on 27 August
References
- Russia: Drunk policeman kills four in cafe brawl, RIA Novosti (26 August 2002)
- Russia: Policeman who killed four and wounded 11 dies in hospital, ITAR-TASS (August 27, 2002)
- Russia: Policeman who killed four and wounded 11 dies in hospital, Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (27 August 2002)
- Police chiefs in Russian Far East sacked over shooting incident, Radio Mayak (September 2, 2002)
- Russia: Investigation into case of drunk policeman who killed five is over, Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (12 September 2002)
- Инспектор ГАИ, расстрелявший 15 человек, умер от остановки сердца, Russianla.com (27 August 2002) (webarchive-link)
External links
- Стали известны подробности массового убийства в Ярославке, NTV (26 August 2002)