MOSCOW, September 3 (RAPSI) – Investigators have launched a criminal case over murder of a policeman at a Moscow metro station, the press-service of the Investigative Committee has stated.

According to investigators, late in the evening on September 2, a police officer stopped a person for document check. Later, the policeman’s body with a firearm wound to the head was found in one of maintenance rooms at the Kurskaya metro station.

Later, the law enforcement identified a person, who is being checked for potential involvement in the crime.