A conscript soldier of the National Army shot himself fatally while doing guard duty. According to the information provided by the Army’s Operational Command Center, the incident happened at one of the post of the Military Camp No. 142, IPN reports.
The soldier was rushed to the Central Military Clinical Hospital, but he died shortly afterward.
The Chisinau Military Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the case. Simultaneously, a special commission of the National Army is conducting an internal inquiry to determine the circumstances of the incident. The soldier was drafted into the army in August. His name and surname will be made public after his family is informed about the tragedy.
In July, a 19-year-old soldier died after he was wounded from a gun that, according to his mates, was discharged by accident. In March 2011, a National Army soldier serving in the Joint Peacekeeping Forces was shot dead by a colleague of his. Another soldier was accidentally shot mortally by a mate while on guard in Cahul in September 2011. The soldier who shot got three years for violating the gun handling rules.
