Police say an urgent investigation into whether the Christchurch man who died of a suspected suicide was a threat to the community is still on-going.
Family and friends were questioning the police response at Troy Dubovskiy's funeral today. He is suspected of committing suicide after a police raid found firearms at his home.
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He's the subject of an active police investigation to see if he was a threat to the community following the Christchurch terror attack.
His father, Vlad, delivered the eulogy at his funeral in Russian. The family described how he got caught up in the hostilities in Crimea.
A black belt in karate, he was also chief of security at a bank in Crimea, was injured in the conflict, and came to New Zealand in 1997.
Last week, he was found dead after a stand-off with police - and his family and friends have questions about what went down.
"He is a very strong man, and a gentle man," says his friend Roger. "Yet I come here today and I look in that casket, and I see massive bruising all over his face. But yet the newspaper tells a different story. How can that be?"
Police said they approached the vehicle and discovered the man critically injured with what appeared to be a stab wound.
A high-priority investigation is underway to determine whether or not the deceased man posed a threat to the community.
"Something ain't right here. This has happened at the wrong time and there is more to this story," says Roger.
Troy Dubovskiy was into what is called Airsoft, guns that fire pellets, used in war gaming. Airsoft Canterbury Group Leader Sean Regan said he was a good man.
"I enjoyed our times together; may you rest in peace in paradise."
The family say all guns police seized were Airsoft, except for one semi-automatic SKS rifle that he did not have a gun licence for.
And his parents confirm he did have a collection of World War II memorabilia that included Nazi material, but deny he was a terrorist.
His mother Inna remembered a "good boy".
"Goodbye my son - I love you," she said.
Troy was described by family and friends as "our soldier in the clouds, our legend, our warrior - our one in a million".
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