Authorities in Kazakhstan's Atyrau region are investigating the mysterious death of a 59-year-old security guard at a rural medical station. The woman's family is seeking the truth and trying to find those responsible, infohub.kz reports.
According to the official version, the woman died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Reports say the guard was sent to mow grass on the premises, and several hours later she was found dead.
"I ran here and saw my mother lying right here. A shovel in her hand. Right here, just like this, she was lying. The shovel was in her hands," the deceased's son said.
The guard's body was found near an electric generator. According to relatives, she was carrying out an order from the management to mow grass. Her son suspects his mother was electrocuted.
"Ambulance staff photographed everything and said: 'This will be needed, we'll include it.' They lifted her, examined her wrists, turned her over and looked at her back. There were burns on her back — she'd been electrocuted. The skin was scraped off, the blood wouldn't stop," he said.
Nevertheless, the morgue issued a conclusion that the woman died of a cerebral hemorrhage. This seemed suspicious to her relatives.
"She was lying, fallen inside this fence. Her son pulled her out. The door was locked, he went around and entered from behind. That's how we lost our sister. And after that, the examination says: 'Cerebral hemorrhage.' I disagree with that diagnosis. Why then was her back burned?" the deceased woman's brother said.
It is noted that surveillance cameras could have helped establish the truth, but they were out of order. Meanwhile, the medical station's management stated outright that no one had asked the guard to clear grass near dangerous facilities.
"Yesterday I also heard that we supposedly gave such an order. No such order came from us. However, I heard an audio recording with the words: 'Keep the territory clean, remove the grass.' And when the local nurse was asked what task she had given, she replied that there was no instruction to clear around the transformer," said Saida Zulkasheva, director of the Kurmangazy District Hospital.
Relatives intend to appeal to the prosecutor's office — the deceased's family is trying to achieve justice and find those responsible.