Story By: Gheorghi Caraseni, Sub Editor:  Joseph Golder,  Agency: Newsflash

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

These Russian cops have been fired for taking this shocking selfie in front of a pile of corpses in a morgue.

Senior Lieutenant Detective Tatyana Alexeevskaya and the Head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Vyacheslav Gorneev were caught in the scandal after the selfie taken in the Shchukino district of the Russian capital city Moscow.

The graphic image shows the two cops posing for the camera in front of piles of corpses on tables.

The selfie was reportedly uploaded to Alexeevskaya’s social media page but it soon came to the attention of the authorities. The pair were both reportedly fired for ‘for committing of an offence defaming the honour of an employee of the internal affairs bodies’ .

Local media report a further three unnamed officials who were considered responsible for the incident were also fired.

Senior Lieutenant Alexeevskaya often posts images of herself in striking outfits and luxurious backdrops, writing on one of her poss “feminity is always in fashion”.

Netizens were outraged by the cops’ behaviour, with ‘Artem Rembish’ writing: “Their corpses should be stacked the same way as those in the background of that pic.”

Another netizen named ‘Zhenya Zhenya’ said: “These cops are mentally sick people. They have to put them in compulsory treatment at a relevant clinic until the end of their days.”

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