Updated at 17:53,27-03-2024

Another Belarusian soldier hangs himself

Euroradio

Another Belarusian soldier hangs himself
Military unit in Slonim / Alyaksandr Burakou, DW
The Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a soldier of the Slonim 11th Mechanized Brigade committed suicide on June 1. This happened at home, the deceased was not in a military unit at the time.

“He was a contract serviceman. The military department together with the competent authorities studied the circumstances of the incident. The reasons for this act, committed during off-duty hours, are not related to military service. They are due to purely personal circumstances. He was well regarded in the service, he positively and conscientiously fulfilled his official duties,” Uladzimir Makarau, press secretary of the Defense Ministry’s main ideological work department, told Euroradio.

Colleagues and the military department expressed their condolences to the family and friends and will try to provide the necessary assistance, he added.

Information about suicide appeared in the telegram channel (the name of forbidden in Belarus channel is deleted).

This is the third case in the last few years. In September 2018, Alyaksandr Arlou was found hanging in the 11th Guards Separate Mechanized Brigade. The official version is suicide. But the relatives of the deceased do not believe in it.

Prior to this incident, Slonim came up on the news in December 2013, when they found 20-year-old military military serviceman hanged. The man's name was Dzyanis. The investigative committee reported that the body was found on the territory of the technology park. The private hanged himself on the excavator cab. The main version, which was considered in the course of the proceedings on this case (relevant today), was suicide for personal reasons.