Russian secret agent found dead outside Berlin embassy - report
Security sources said it was unclear how the diplomat had fallen and what had caused his death.
People rest at the east side Gallery in Berlin, Germany March 17, 2020
(photo credit: MICHELE TANTUSSI/REUTERS)
German security services believe that a man found dead in a street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of Russia's FSB intelligence service, Der Spiegel reported on Friday.
The
35-year-old man's body was found early on Oct. 19, the magazine said.
It said, citing security sources, that the man had fallen from an upper
floor at the embassy.
Berlin
police declined to comment and directed all questions to public
prosecutors, who were not immediately available for comment. The
discovery of a body outside the Russian diplomatic mission has not been
reported previously.
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| The Russian FSB headquarters at Lubyanka Square in Moscow ( formerly the KGB headquarters ) |
Security sources told the magazine it was unclear how the diplomat
had fallen and what had caused his death. The Russian embassy had not
agreed to an autopsy, Der Spiegel said.
The
man, who has not been named, was officially listed as an embassy second
secretary, the magazine said. He was also related by family to a
Russia-based senior officer of the FSB's second directorate, which deals
with anti-terrorism.
A MiG-29 fighter jet performs a manoeuvre as the Russian national flag flies in the foreground (credit: REUTERS)
Der Spiegel
quoted the Russian embassy saying the incident was a "tragic accident"
on which it would not comment "for ethical reasons." The embassy did not
immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the Spiegel report.
A
German Foreign Ministry spokesman told a regular news briefing on
Friday that the German government was aware of the death of a Russian
diplomat in Berlin but could not give any details.
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