{"id":121243,"date":"2025-01-10T14:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121243\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"investigators-link-deaths-of-two-policemen-in-viciebsk-to-firearm-accident","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121243\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators link deaths of two policemen in Viciebsk to firearm accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pistolet_pixabay_com.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pistolet_pixabay_com.jpg 612w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pistolet_pixabay_com-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pistolet_pixabay_com-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 10, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Careless handling of firearms caused the deaths of two police officers in Viciebsk, according to the Investigative Committee. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Vitebsk Ya Gulyayu<\/em>, an opposition media outlet, reported earlier that a police officer shot his colleague and then killed himself at a police station yesterday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry has confirmed the deaths \u201cin the line of duty as a result of an accident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/patrony_kasper_gant_unsplash_com_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus customs officers seize 1,200 ammunition pieces in 2024<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 27, Pozirk. Belarusian customs officers seized six firearms, 363 cartridges and 797 ammunition parts in 2024, the Prosecutor General&#039;s Office reports. Prosecutors filed 16 criminal cases over illegal actions with firearms and ammunition, it noted. One of the cases &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/119891\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, Pozirk. Careless handling of firearms caused the deaths of two police officers in Viciebsk, according to the Investigative Committee. \u00a0\u00a0 Vitebsk Ya Gulyayu, an opposition media outlet, reported earlier that a police officer shot his colleague and then killed himself at a police station yesterday evening. 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