President of the Republic today sent a letter of condolences to the parents of Maksim Karpov, the policeman who was shot last night. The President wrote: ''No one in Estonia is indifferent to Maksim Karpov's death on duty, because this was an attack against the Estonian State.'' The killed policeman was loyal to his duties till the last moments of his life, and will be remembered by us all as a paragon of bravery and responsibility, the President wrote.


Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, October 28, 1999

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