Matti Kaukinen

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Matti Kaukinen

Syntymäaika: 20.2.1872

Kuolinaika: 17.2.1924

Location / Place: Muolaa

Rank: Police Constable

Lähteitä: Suomen Poliisilehti 4/1924; Pohjolan Työmies 22.02.1924 nro 19 p. 2.

Tapahtumien kuvaus: On 17.2.1924, Kaukinen was maintaining order at the Kyyrölä Voluntary Fire Brigade building, where a travelling gymnastics and wrestling troupe was performing. Two attendees, Viljam Könkänen and Leontij Sibakoff, had a quarrel. Könkänen shot Sibakoff in the arm, and Kaukinen decided to intervene. Könkänen turned his gun against Kaukinen and fired four shots, killing Kaukinen. Könkänen fled into the hallway, where he took his own life as well.

Tekijä 1: Könkänen, Viljam

Memorial plaque: Police University College

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