MINSK, March 21. /TASS/. The terrorist liquidated in Belarus’s city of Grodno had been conducting reconnaissance with the aim of committing acts of sabotage at the Grodno regional executive committee (governing body), regional office of the State Security Committee (KGB), at the homes of police and security officers, as well as at the railway station and industrial facilities, the Belarus-1 TV channel said on Tuesday.
According to the broadcaster, the terrorist had 5 kilograms of explosives at his disposal.
The man had a forged Russian passport. According to the TV channel, in February the Belarussian state security committee (the KGB) received a tip that escaped extremists were planning to send one of their supporters from Poland to Belarus. A man with a Russian passport, issued with the name of Aleksey Lomakin, born in 1981, came into their view. Later it turned out that he lived under false identify.
According to the TV channel, on March 19, a potential perpetrator of the attack opened fire with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and hurled a grenade at the operatives who had been sent to detain him. Police officers returned fire. The attacker was wounded and given first aid.
"It was decided to evacuate the suspect to the nearest hospital. The detainee died on the way," a police officer said.
The killed man’s rented apartment was searched and a Kalashnikov assault rifle, cartridges and one F-1 hand grenade were found.