TALLINN. – The man, who broke into Estonian MOD on Thursday, opened fire, activated an explosive and later committed a suicide, is a native of Armenia. 

It was revealed that 57-year-old Karen Drambyan migrated from Armenia. Estonian authorities stated that Drambyan has been on police focus previously. He was a lawyer and was nominated to Maardu City Council, but failed to get a seat.

Criminal case is opened, police and prosecutor’s office are carrying out an investigation. The motive of a crime is still unknown. The terrorist presented no political demands.

He could have probably taken such a step because of personal tragedy as he was seriously ill and lost lawyer’s practice. He had no knowledge of the Estonian language, Estonian Noviye Izvestia newspaper reports. Besides, he was against anti-Russian policy run by Estonia. According to his friend Anatoli Yegorov, he was strongly against the nationalism.