This was reported by the press service of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the agency, the patrol officers on the evening of December 21 in the Zavodskoy district stopped two men. One of them suddenly shot at a 28-year-old police lieutenant.

“A police officer was hospitalized in a medical facility, where he died from heavy blood loss,” the department said.

It is specified that the police detained two citizens born in 1979 and 1987.

“An object similar to a pistol was seized from the scene,” the Interior Ministry said.

Earlier in the Saratov region, a criminal case was opened against a villager in the Baltai region, who is suspected of assaulting two police officers with a knife.