The Chisinau Police Division on its website published images of the unidentified man who died in the March 20 explosion in a store situated at the intersection of the streets Armeneasca and Alexei Mateevici, IPN reports.

The man was aged between 50 and 55, was 165 cm in height, had an oval face and was wearing glasses. He had a scar on the right shoulder. He was dressed in a blue sweater, black trousers and a black coat with a hood. Anyone with any information about the man is asked to call 902 or (022) 254705, 078011101.

A man aged 50 who had been tried for several times for keeping drugs and fined for driving under the influence is suspected of detonating an explosive device. Witnesses said the man went to the shop to purchase cigarettes and didn’t want to pay for them. Surveillance cameras showed the man had something in his hand and a shop clerk was pushing him towards the exit. Immediately afterward, an explosion occurred, killing the man and injuring mortally a passerby. No one in the shop was hurt, but a man who was out nearby was injured. He was later taken to the hospital.

The press reported that the man who exploded the device was divorcing and left home several days ago. The police didn’t specify the type of explosive device, but it is alleged that it was a grenade.