A prominent Russian scientist working on a COVID-19 vaccine was found dead with a stab wound after falling from his window in St. Petersburg, according to the news.
Alexander “Sasha” Kagansky, 45, was in his underwear when he fell from his 14th-floor apartment, according to the Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets.
The scientists also suffered a stab wound, police said.
Police believe there was a fight before Kagansky fell from the building, reports say.
Russian police say they are investigating Kagansky’s death as a possible homicide and are questioning a 45-year-old man as a potential suspect, e2news.com said.
Kagansky, best known for his work in cancer research, was an assistant professor in Vladivostok and spent 13 years working in Edinburgh, Scotland, until 2017, the press said.
Most recently, he worked as director of the Center for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine at the Federal University of the Far East in Russia.
He was working on a coronavirus vaccine, e2news said.
Kagansky’s body was found by a neighbor on Zamshin Street, the report said.