A leading Russian scientist working on the Covid-19 vaccine was found dead with a knife wound after stepping out of his window in St. Petersburg.
According to the Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolits, Alexander Alexander “Sasha” Kagansky was in his underwear when he died from his 14th floor apartment.
The scientist was also stabbed, police said.
Police believe there was a scuffle before Kagansky fell from the building, reports said.
Russian police say they are investigating Kagansky’s death as a possible homicide and questioning a 45-year-old man as a possible suspect, M2news.com reported.
Kagansky, known for his work on cancer research, was an assistant professor at Vladivostok and worked at Edinburgh, Scotland, for 13 years until 2017, the outlet said.
He most recently served as director of the Center for Genomics and Regenerative Medicine at the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia.
They were working to develop a vaccine against coronavirus, M2News said.
Kagansky’s body was found by a neighbor on Zamshin Street, the report said.
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