On the fact of the explosion near the pharmacy in Kharkov, the police opened a criminal proceeding under the article "Hooliganism". The police do not rule out that the case can be re-qualified if it is confirmed that the crime was planned with more serious consequences.

The metal object was lying in a sack near the steps leading to the entrance to the pharmacy, the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region Oleg Bekh. The bag was opened by a woman who was cleaning in a drugstore, an explosion occurred.

"Today we found some parts, and experts believe that this may be a hand-grenade of directional action. There was still a large bearing near the grenade. That is, we understand that, most likely, the explosion was designed to have much more damage, "said Oleg Bekh, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkov region, at the scene..

"We have not yet carried out an examination, but what the explosive technicians believe is this bag was lying so that the explosion occurred arbitrarily. We understand that the grenade has already been cut off. it was brought into combat action, so it was expected that after some time this explosion will occur. The explosion went into the wall, the impact hit, so there are not so many damages, "he said..

"We have now put forward several versions. One of the versions is a possible conflict that the owner of the pharmacy has in the previous place of work. Perhaps there were other moments, we are now investigating. Have already made (in ERDR) "Hooliganism", art.. 296 [. ] - that is, a daring crime with the use of explosives. And within the framework of this investigation we will give an assessment and put forward the relevant versions, "added Bekh.

"If it is confirmed during the investigation that more serious consequences were planned, a meeting will be held with the regional prosecutor where the Security Service employees will be invited - they have already joined the work with us, it is most likely that the prosecutor's office decided to re-qualify this crime. To date, we can not yet say that this is a terrorist attack, "said the head of the regional police department.

Zoryan Shkiryak Source: MediaPort.