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Russian diplomat found dead outside embassy in Berlin
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BERLIN, 07 November 2021, (TON): A Russian diplomat was found dead in October outside the country’s embassy in Berlin.
The man, whose lifeless body was recovered on October 19 on the pavement by police, had apparently fallen to his death from the embassy complex, according to the Spiegel weekly which first reported the case.
A German foreign ministry spokesman said the case was “known to the ministry” but would not provide further details. Confirming the death, the Russian embassy called it a “tragic accident”.
The embassy said in a statement “all the procedures related to repatriating the diplomat’s body back to the homeland were promptly settled with responsible German law-enforcement and medical authorities in accordance with current practices.”
Russia’s mission however said it “considers speculations which have appeared in a number of Western media” over the diplomat’s death “to be absolutely incorrect”. The diplomat was identified as a 35-year-old second secretary at the embassy by Spiegel.
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