It is a national day of mourning in the Republic of Moldova and the state flags are flown at half-mast. At midday, a moment’s silence will be observed in memory of the two officers who were shot data at the Chisinau International Airport on June 30, Sergei Muntean and Igor Ciofu, IPN reports.
Under a decree signed by President Maia Sandu, Moldova’s diplomatic and consular missions abroad today will fly the state flags at half-mast.
President Sandu also signed a decree to confer posthumously the Military Merit medal on Igor Ciofu, lieutenant colonel in reserve of the State Guard and Protection Service, and on Sergey Munteanu, chief deputy agent of the Border Police of the Ministry of the Interior.
The two men were shot dead by a Tajikistani passenger who was banned entry into Moldova. He flied to Chisinau via Turkey. While being accompanied to the sterile zone for being sent back, he hit the police officer and grabbed his gun, opening fire. The individual was hurt during the siege and died in the hospital on Monday evening.
