Ukraine minister 'killed himself' (shot himself in the head twice)

BBC ^ | March 31, 2005

[chemical_boy]

Ukraine's security service chief has said the death of former Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko last month was almost certainly suicide.

"There is no other version but suicide," Oleksander Turchynov said, citing forensic and ballistics tests.

Kravchenko was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head on 4 March in his country house outside Kiev.

He was due to testify later that day about the high-profile murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000.

Mr Turchynov said among possible reasons of Kravchenko's apparent suicide was the "burden (of the Gongadze case) he hauled for the past four years".

Kravchenko left a suicide note blaming former President Leonid Kuchma for Gongadze's death, Ukraine's investigators say.

They say in the note he described himself as "a victim of the intrigues of Kuchma and his entourage".

[Wings-n-Wind]

Arkancide.....

Gotta be.....hmmmm

[FormerACLUmember]

Shot twice? Who discovered the body... Hillary Clinton's Park Police from Ft. Marcy?

[Sender]

That second shot is the hard one.

[Montfort]

It is the second shot that makes one wonder, isn't it?

But that Medical Examiner in Arkansas would have no problem ruling twelve shotgun blasts in the back as suicide. Perhaps there are similar medical examiners in Ukraine.

I think it would be safer to assume that suicides of people about to testify about embarrasing intelligence matters are murders, and then let the evidence rebut the presumption, if possible.

[Semper Paratus]

He must have been really pissed about something.

[dead]

Guns are real evil.

This one obviously liked its first taste of human blood and went back for more after its owner was dead. I'm surprised it didn't take out a few cops or EMTS before being subdued.

[Roses0508]

He shot himself TWICE in the head!?!?!?

Is there some reflex of the brain stem that insures you pull the trigger the second time?

[DTA]

>>>>Kravchenko was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head<<<<

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[dfwgator]

Kravchenko was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head

"Hey man nice shots."

[FormerACLUmember]

And in other news, Former Clinton Advisor Dick Morris was found shot, hung, stabbed, run over by a truck, beheaded, poisoned and diemboweled. Impartial government investigators have ruled it a suicide.

[DainBramage]

The first one was practice. It usually indicates a high degree of intent ot kill oneself.

The only indication more serious is when one shoots one's self, sets one's body on fire,

and drives one's car off a very steep cliff with a brick on the gas pedal.

[expatpat]

Sounds like the Ukraine is more corrupt even than Pinellas County, Florida.

[Brilliant]

Killed himself??? Hmmm... I don't see why shooting yourself in the head twice would be fatal.

[donozark]

Maybe he used the ubiquitous, yet underpowered Makarov pistol? Perhaps he should have used Corbon ammo rather than FMJ?

[knittnmom]

Sounds like the Ukraine is more corrupt even than Pinellas County, Florida.

But not by much.

[FearlessFreep]

no, he just used the double tap method.

[Vaquero]

Guns are real evil. This one obviously liked its first taste of human blood and went back for more after its owner was dead. I'm surprised it didn't take out a few cops or EMTS before being subdued. they're like SUVs they are like Christine the Steven King murderous Plymouth. anthropomorphism lives.......

[Willie Green]

They say in the note he described himself as "a victim of the intrigues of Kuchma and his entourage".

Woke up this morning, my head was so bad
The worst hangover that I ever had
What happened to me last night
That girl of mine, she loved me so right oh, oh
She loved me so long and she loved me so hard
I finally passed out in her front yard
It wasn`t wine that I had too much of
It was a double shot of my baby`s love

Double shot of my baby`s love, yeah, yeah, yeah
Double shot of my baby`s love, yeah, yeah, yeah
A potion that I had too much of
It was a double shot of my baby`s love

It was such a thrill it was hurting me
I was sufferin` in ecstasy
She had me turnin` flips and-a shoutin` out loud
A sip of her love and I was walkin` on a cloud
One night a week is-a plenty enough
It`s a good thing for me they don`t bottle that stuff
Well, my heart begins to fly like a dove
When I take a double shot of my baby`s love

Double shot of my baby`s love, yeah, yeah, yeah

[yellowhammer]

Maybe his aim was off a little with the first shot. The first shot could have just inflicted a superficial wound which required him to follow up with a second shot with better aim.