KIEV, Ukraine, March 5 (UPI) -- Ukraine's top police officer said Saturday the nation's slain former interior minister was found with a note containing useful information about his death.
Alexander Turchinov, the Ukraine Security Service chief, also revealed former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko had been shot twice Friday in his head, Itar-Tass reported.
Kravchenko's hand-written note concerns the murder of an investigative reporter, Georgy Gongadze, and blames former Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma for the killing, Turchinov said. He did not disclose other details about the note that is expected to be helpful during the investigation into Gongadze's death.
Seeking to explain how someone can die from two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head, Turchinov said Kravchenko shot himself initially in the chin and mouth, probably because his hand was not steady, and then a second time in his temple.
Kravchenko's death came the same day he was scheduled to testify before prosecutors concerning the reporter's killing.
