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Russian Ambassador to Mozambique found dead at home

The Russian ambassador to Mozambique, Alexander Surikov, aged 68, was found dead on Saturday night at his official residence in Maputo, and according to the Mozambican police, the Russian authorities did not authorize any examination of the body.

According to information from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) to which Lusa had access, the “presumption” of the investigation is “sudden death from undetermined causes”, however, when the police picket arrived at the morgue of the Maputo Central Hospital “ found that the body had already been packed.”

“And following instructions from Russia, which reached the picket’s technical team through the consul of that Federation, Mr. Yuri Doroshenkov, who was present at the morgue accompanied by the embassy’s security officer, was instructed not to do any (… ) examination of the body and much less an autopsy”, the information states.

“However, the technical team took photographs of the deceased’s body in the drawer, photographs were taken of his residence and the consul’s statement was taken,” he added. Lusa tried to obtain more information from the PRM command about this case, which sent it to Monday.

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