A police officer died when an official car was shot in the Kurgan region

A resident of the Kurgan region shot a police car near the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the prosecutor's office of the region reports.

On the night of January 8, a 44-year-old resident of the workers' settlement of Mishkino near Kurgan fired at a police car of the UAZ brand, which was standing near the department, from a rifled gun. He fired from a hunting carbine, the Investigative Committee of the region notes.

An employee of the patrol service Denis Mikhalev died on the spot, he was 26 years old, police said. The junior police sergeant was taken to the hospital with a wound. The attacker died while being detained by the National Guard, he was previously convicted.

The prosecutor of the region Andrei Nazarov, the chief of police for the region, Major General Dmitry Svinov, left for the scene.