In the south-west of Moscow, a man shot and killed a woman with a child, and then committed suicide. The media reported that the assassin was a Foreign Ministry employee - Alenksandr Sh. Later information was confirmed in the Foreign Ministry.

The tragedy occurred in the evening, on May 14 in the house at 111 on Leninsky Prospekt. Neighbors felt the smoke from the apartment, and after they penetrated there, they saw three corpses - men, women and a little girl. A senior Foreign Ministry employee was killed.

According to the preliminary version, the man first killed his wife, shooting her in the face, in front of a 5-year-old baby. When she tried to escape, the diplomat shot her in the back. After he committed suicide, writes "Newspaper. En ".

Later, the incident was commented on in the Investigative Committee of Russia in Moscow. The department noted that the man at the time of the crime no longer lived with his wife and child.

The reasons for which the diplomat killed his relatives are still unknown. A criminal case was opened under the article "Murder" The fact of the incident was confirmed in the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"We are aware of the tragedy with the Foreign Ministry employee. The circumstances of the incident are clarified by law enforcement agencies, "RIA Novosti quotes the words of the representative of the foreign policy department.