Force bodies from Tiraspol solicit MIA from Chisinau to involve in the investigations of the minibus bomb blast

The representatives of Transnistrian force bodies solicited the involvement of the special services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of Moldova in the investigations of the case regarding the minibus bomb blast in Tiraspol. According to the press service of MIA, a team of the Technical-Explosive Department will offer the necessary assistance and is ready to leave anytime for Tiraspol in order to investigate the causes of the blast. According to the press from Chisinau, a declaration on the case was also made by the Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova. At the same time, the Russian press announces that the investigation bodies of Tiraspol are not excluding the hypothesis of a terrorist act organized by the secret services from Chisinau. This declaration was made at a press conference by the deputy head of the internal affairs body of Tiraspol, Oleg Beleakov, who appreciated as possible the version that “in the conditions when the relations with Chisinau are worsening, the explosion could have been organized by the special services of the Republic of Moldova aiming at creating panic among the population of Transnistria”. The Moldovan MIA is not commenting these declarations. An ad-hoc meeting of the Joint Control Commission was organized in Tighina, within which the Tragedy from Tiraspol was discussed. As a result of the explosion 8 persons, passengers of the minibus route nr 21 died, and other 26 persons of a trolleybus stationing at the semaphore, near the minibus were injured.