The head of a recruitment center in the Russian far eastern city of Ust-Ilimsk was shot dead in an attack on Monday and is in serious condition, Irkutsk region governor Igor Kobzev announced.
“In Ust-Ilimsk, a young man fired several shots at the recruitment office. Military Commissar (in charge of the office) Alexandr Vladimirovich Eliseyev is in intensive care and in a very serious condition,” the governor said on the Telegram social network.
“What happened does not enter my head. I am ashamed that this is happening at a time when we must be united. We must not fight each other, but against real threats,” said Kobzev, who ordered the measures to be taken. Security is tightened.
“I ask everyone to remain calm,” the governor emphasized.
Kobzev added that the shooter, whose identity he did not reveal, was detained by the police.
The Irkutsk investigation committee, quoted by the TASS news agency, indicated that an investigation has been opened against a 25-year-old detainee, also noting that “there is a team working on the spot.”
“The suspect is being questioned. The motives for the crime are being clarified,” the committee said.
Since September 21, when Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed a partial mobilization of reservists for the war in Ukraine, there have been several attacks on recruitment offices, but so far they have not been carried out with weapons. of fire.
More than 2,000 people were arrested in dozens of Russian cities for protesting against the mobilization, a measure decreed by the Government that determines that 300,000 reservists will be called up for the war in Ukraine -which began on February 24-, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. .
This Sunday, in Dagestan, the police fired into the air against a demonstration that blocked the road between the cities of Khasavyurt and Makhachkala to protest against the mobilization in the city of Endirei.
According to the Tut Dagestan Telegram channel, in Endirei, with a population of just over 7,000 inhabitants, 110 reservists were called up, some of whom have just been demobilized.
Source: TSF
