Two cops die in shoot-out
May 20, 1999
By Daniel Silva
RIGA - The death by shootingof two police officers by a forester accused of bootlegging has raised questions about misuse of police authority.Acting on a tip that moonshine was available for sale at a farmhouse in rural Lazdukalns County in Eastern Latvia, three municipal police officers from the nearby town of Balvi, together with a national police lieutenant, went to the house to investigate the evening of May 10. At their request, three witnesses accompanied the police officers.But when they ...
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