As the head of the Kotelev police department, Vitaly Braslavets, reports, on October 4, line 102 received a message from a resident of the village about a domestic altercation with a cohabitant, reports the police communications department of the Poltava region.

Employees of the patrol police response team immediately arrived at the appropriate address and tried to resolve the conflict by peaceful means. However, suddenly men attacked law enforcement officers with knives..

As a result, patrol wounded. One of the cops fired warning shots into the ground..

At the time of arrival at the scene of the investigative team, the attackers closed in the house. Police tried to persuade men to stop illegal actions by negotiation.

Malefactors left the house, armed with a pitchfork and a shovel, and set a German shepherd dog at law enforcement officers. The police were forced to neutralize the animal, using a service gun.

One of the men with a pitchfork in his hands pounced on the head of the Kotelevsky police department, who also arrived on the scene.

In response, the police lieutenant colonel used a traumatic weapon, shooting at the legs of a man. Both attackers were subsequently detained..

Wounded police officers injured taken to hospital.

In addition, in the house of the attackers, the police found a pistol with 8 cartridges for it, an unregistered gun, a model of an F-1 grenade, about 100 grams of poppy straw, 300 grams of gunpowder, 66 cartridges from the times of World War II of various sizes and knives.