As a result of the incident, the owner of the house 38-year-old resident of the district center died on the spot.

The tragedy occurred on October 23 at 18-50 in the city of Merefa. The Kharkiv police department received a message from the service "102" that an explosion occurred in the garden of a private household.

The management of the department, the investigative team, the rescuers, the workers of the investigative and explosive control departments went to the address indicated..

During the inspection of the scene of the incident, it was established that an explosive fragmentation shell had occurred at the indicated address, as a result of which the owner of the household died. Splinters damaged the fence and windows of the house.

According to neighbors, the police found out that they sometimes saw the victim with a metal detector. Fragments of metal that were sent for investigation were removed from the scene.. The fact of the incident is entered in the Journal of the uniform registration of offenses.. All circumstances of the incident are established..