The Military Prosecutor's Office of Chisinau completed the investigation and sent to court the criminal case opened against a soldier of the Coshnitsa-based Independent Peacekeeping Forces Battalion No. 3 for breaking the rules of using guns and shooting dead a person as a result of a moment's inattention, Info-Prim Neo reports. The prosecutors established that the soldier went on sentry duty at about 5pm on March 20. He received an AK 74 gun and two shells with thirty 5.45 mm caliber bullets. At that hour, the soldier was in the guards' smoking room. He coupled the cartridge to the gun without need. Another soldier approached him and put a pen in the barrel of his gun. Forgetting that he coupled the cartridge, the soldier fired the gun and injured fatally his colleague in the head. The victim died on the way to the Central Military Hospital. The preliminary hearing was set for May 20. It will take place at the Chisinau Military Court. The guard head will also be tried for negligence with serious consequences. If the soldier is found guilty, he will serve two to seven years in jail, while the guard head – up to five years behind bars. The soldier is under arrest, while the guard head is investigated on the outside, but was discharged from the Armed Forces.