True crime · 1994
The scrap hunters who broke into a radioactive store
In 1994 three brothers who scavenged scrap metal climbed the fence of a site in the woods at Tammiku, near Männiku in Saku Parish. They broke into a small shed with stairs down to an underground hall. They did not know it was a store for radioactive waste. A falling drum injured one brother, Ivan, and broke open a container. He put a metal cylinder in his pocket. It was a strong caesium-137 source, and Ivan died 12 days later. Only when the family dog died and his stepson's hands showed radiation burns was the cause found. The brothers had been slow to admit the break-in. The store was cleared in 2008. The pin marks Männiku.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1994. aastal ronisid kolm vanametalli korjavat venda üle aia Saku valla Männiku lähedal Tammiku metsas asuvale alale. Nad murdsid sisse väikesesse kuuri, kust viis trepp maa-alusesse saali. Nad ei teadnud, et see on radioaktiivsete jäätmete hoidla. Kukkuv vaat vigastas üht venda, Ivanit, ja purustas ühe konteineri. Ivan pani taskusse metallsilindri. See oli võimas tseesium-137 allikas ja Ivan suri 12 päeva hiljem. Põhjus selgus alles siis, kui suri pere koer ja Ivani kasupoja kätele tekkisid kiirituspõletused. Vennad ei tahtnud sissemurdmist üles tunnistada. Hoidla tühjendati 2008. aastal. Kaart näitab Männikut.
Source: English Wikipedia: Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku ↗