Overview
- The Komi Health Ministry confirmed that a second hospitalized patient died on January 23 after the training-center incident.
- The deceased had been treated at Ezhvinskaya City Hospital following injuries sustained when a training-imitation grenade was activated.
- Health officials report two injured remain in the regional Interior Ministry medical unit, six are receiving care in Moscow, and one is in Nizhny Novgorod.
- Investigators say the fire began during a scheduled session when an instructor activated a training-imitation grenade at the MVD professional training center in Syktyvkar.
- Courts placed the instructor under house arrest on January 17 on charges of exceeding official powers, and remanded the training-center chief in custody on January 19.