The Yaroslavsky shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Krai, Russia on 25 August 2002, when 40-year-old police captain Sergey Semidovskiy () killed five people and wounded ten others in and outside a bar with a Vepr carbine, after an argument with several customers. The drunk gunman then shot himself in the chest and was taken to a hospital in Khorol, where he tried again to commit suicide and eventually died of cardiac arrest on 27 August. Russia: Drunk policeman kills four in cafe brawl, RIA Novosti (26 August 2002) Russia: Policeman who killed four and wounded 11 dies in hospital, ITAR-TASS (August 27, 2002)Russia: Policeman who killed four and wounded 11 dies in hospital, Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (27 August 2002)Police chiefs in Russian Far East sacked over shooting incident, Radio Mayak (September 2, 2002)
As a consequence of the shooting Colonel Lebedev, head of the Khorolsky District department of internal affairs, as well as Lieutenant-Colonel Kurgeyev, head of the personnel and training department, and Lieutenant-Colonel Kotyshev, head of public security police, were dismissed, and disciplinary measures were taken against several other members of the local police.Russia: Investigation into case of drunk policeman who killed five is over, Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (12 September 2002)
Victims Dmitry Velichko (30 years old) Vladimir Nikanchuk (25 years old) Alexander Filimonov (18 years old) Maxim Valeev (18 years old) Alexander Kuznetsov (Александр Кузнецов), 28, died on 27 AugustИнспектор ГАИ, расстрелявший 15 человек, умер от остановки сердца, Russianla.com (27 August 2002) (webarchive-link) Twelve people sustained severe injuries, seven of whom had to be airlifted by helicopter to Vladivostok for emergency surgery. Another ten or so visitors received minor wounds from ricochets.
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External links Стали известны подробности массового убийства в Ярославке, NTV (26 August 2002)