A be aware from the Mozambican police states that the Russian consulate refused “any examination of the physique, a lot much less an post-mortem”.
The Russian ambassador to Mozambique, Alexander Surikov, died on Saturday evening in Maputo, in line with the Russian information company TASS.
In line with a be aware despatched by the Russian Ministry of International Affairs, it was believed to be a stroke, nonetheless, a be aware from the Mozambican police states that the Russian consulate refused “any examination of the physique, not to mention an post-mortem.” “.
“The Russian ambassador to Mozambique, Surikov, died out of the blue in Maputo. The preliminary model is a stroke. The division will publish an official obituary within the close to future,” wrote the Russian diplomat.
Nevertheless, a police be aware to which the Mozambican press had entry states that the native authorities turned conscious of the case at round 11pm, when the ambassador’s physique was already within the morgue at Maputo Central Hospital. When authorities arrived on the scene, Alexander Surikov’s corpse was already “packaged” in one of many morgue’s chilly storage rooms.
In line with the identical be aware, the Russian consul within the nation, Yuri Doroshenkov, who was accompanied by the pinnacle of safety on the Russian embassy, gave specific orders that the ambassador’s physique not be autopsied. Nevertheless, Surikov’s physique was photographed by the hospital’s technical staff.
“And following directions from Russia, which reached the picket’s technical staff by the consul of that Federation, Mr. Yuri Doroshenkov, who was current on the morgue accompanied by the embassy’s safety officer, was instructed to not do any (… ) examination of the physique and far much less an post-mortem”, the knowledge states.
“Nevertheless, the technical staff took images of the deceased’s physique within the drawer, images have been taken of his residence and the consul’s assertion was taken,” he added.
Alexander Surikov was 68 years outdated and had been appointed by Vladimir Putin to the place of ambassador to Mozambique in 2017.
On social media, the embassy’s official account revealed a be aware of condolence over the ambassador’s demise and expressed “its most honest condolences”.