The leadership of the Murmansk police visited the families of those killed in the performance of colleagues

The heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Murmansk region met with the relatives of police officers who died while performing official tasks. The police visited the parents and widows of former colleagues, remembered the dead and expressed their support. This was reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Murmansk region.

The head of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, police major-general Alexei Veselovskiy, visited the family of police sergeant Denis Kovalenko. In July 2003, during a business trip in the Caucasus, the car of the consolidated police detachment was blown up on a radio-controlled land mine and came under fire. Despite the serious wound, Kovalenko continued to repel the attack along with his comrades. He died in hospital on July 21. Posthumously the sergeant was awarded the Order of Courage.

Parents Andrey Vorona visited the Deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Roman Litvinov and employees of the unit for work with personnel. Andrei Vorona died in 2009 during an operation to detain militants in Nazran. During the storming of a private house, criminals detonated an explosive device with a capacity of about 70 kilograms in TNT equivalent. At the scene, three employees were killed, including senior lieutenant Crow. Another police officer later died in the hospital.

During the meeting, the police remembered the deceased and looked at family photos. Parents say their former colleagues are still in touch. Roman Litvinov also met with the widows of the employees and thanked them for their resilience.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” reported that memorial plaques were opened in Murmansk in memory of journalists killed in the line of duty.