The Chisinau Airport shooter could be buried in Moldova if his family doesn’t request the repatriation of his body back to Tajikistan; no such request has been submitted so far, IPN learned from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Emil Gaitur, spokesperson for the PGO, said Chisinau prosecutors are continuing investigating the double murder, awaiting the results of the post-mortems and ballistic examinations. Meanwhile, a separate criminal probe is ongoing to investigate the actions of those in charge of the Airport’s security.

Formerly a Tadjik police officer, the shooter was wounded in the exchange of gunfire on June 30, and last night he died in hospital.

In 2013 he had been convicted of a serious crime, but was released on parole before serving his full term. In June, the man took part in a kidnapping. Then he took a flight to Chisinau via Turkey before the Tadjik authorities could register him as an international fugitive.

The Chisinau Airport border police denied him entry as he failed to provide justification for his visit and specify the duration of his intended stay. Two hours later, as he was being escorted for his flight back, the man attacked the border guard accompanying him, took his pistol and opened fire, killing the border guard and an airport security officer.