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Five die of heart attack during Russian polls
Five people died of heart attacks at separate polling stations during the presidential elections in Russia on Sunday, police said.
Five people died of heart attacks at separate polling stations during the presidential elections in Russia on Sunday, police said.
One man -- a 65-year-old member of a local election commission in Zelenograd in northern Moscow -- went for a cigarette break a few minutes before polling was supposed to open, when he suffered a massive heart attack and died.
A 53-year-old man, who had been discharged from hospital two days ago, died from a heart attack after getting his ballot paper at a polling station in Omsk, West Siberia.
A 77-year-old pensioner died near a polling station in Moscow, a 59-year old former school principal died in Domna village as she arrived at a polling station, while a 72-year-old woman died five metres away from her polling station in Volgograd.
Russians voted on Sunday to elect a president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is facing four opponents.
