According to
preliminary data, the military servicemen, violating safety requirements,
lighted a campfire, which caused the explosion of ammunition.
YEKATERINBURG, May 4.
/TASS/. Five military servicemen have been wounded after the ammunition
exploded at a shooting range in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region, one of them died of
wounds, the press service of the Central Military District told reporters on
Saturday.
"The Central
Military District’s commission and the military prosecutor’s office are
ascertaining the circumstances of the accident that occurred at a shooting
range in the Sverdlovsk Region, which killed one military servicemen, while
four others were wounded. According to preliminary data, on May 3, 2019, the military
servicemen, violating safety requirements, lighted a campfire, which caused the
explosion of ammunition," the press service said.
It added that the
wounded individuals had been promptly taken to the garrison’s military hospital
where they received the necessary medical care.
Source: ITAR-TASS
04-05-2019
