Tajik man shoots 2 officers dead at Moldova airport after being denied to enter country

A Tajikistan national, who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport, grabbed a guards weapon and fatally shot two security officers on Friday (local time), officials said..

The suspect was being escorted by officials at Chisinau International Airport when he took the gun of a border guard and opened fire, authorities said..

Moldovas President Maia Sandu said that the two people killed were a border police officer and an airport security employee...

State institutions have been put on high alert, Sandu said, and police and law enforcement agencies were mobilised throughout the Republic of Moldova in response to the incident...

Moldovas Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a separate statement that the victims lost their lives while performing their duties and the authorities took care to protect the civilians who were in the danger zone...

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