Police considering 2 versions of the US Embassy employee death: details
Police are looking for a suspect who may have been involved in the death of a US embassy employee in Kyiv, but don't rule out that her death was an accident.
Artem Shevchenko, director of the communications department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, wrote about this on Twitter.
According to him, the death of an embassy employee "could be a crime". The police have intelligence information about one suspect. But they don't exclude the version of the accident.
"The body was found on the railway with headphones while jogging," Shevchenko said.
About death of woman employee @USEmbassyKyiv time will tell what's happened. May be a crime. @kyivpolice have an operative info about one suspect and searching him. But may be an accident too. Body was found on railway in earphones during the jogging. @NPU_GOV_UA investigating
— Artem Shevchenko (@Artem_Shewa) September 30, 2020
Kyiv Police Chief Andrii Kryshchenko said on the NASH TV channel that they opened criminal proceedings under the article "Intentional Murder" over the death of the diplomat.
To recap, on Wednesday, September 30, the unconscious employee of the US embassy was found with a head injury in a forest park zone near railroad tracks on Tolbukhin Street in Kyiv. The victim was taken to hospital, but she died of her injuries.
According to Censor.NET, the name of the deceased woman is Sanver Nikaelo.
