Russian soldier kills eight servicemen, injures three others

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: November 29, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - A Russian soldier apparently under the influence of narcotics opened fire on fellow servicemen, killing at least eight of them and wounding three others - the latest in a string of shooting sprees in the nation's demoralized military.

The soldier, identified as Denis Solovyov, fired his Kalashnikov assault rifle at a tent early today as his 11 comrades were resting while on patrol at Russia's border with Georgia in the Caucasus Mountains, the military said. Solovyov was detained.

Some of the victims were killed on the spot and others died later in the hospital.

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