In Novograd-Volynskiy Zhytomyr region on Monday, July 12, a 9-year-old child was hospitalized with a through gunshot wound to his back. Criminal proceedings were launched into the fact, according to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine..

" The wounded boy in serious condition was immediately hospitalized in the intensive care unit, where doctors provide the necessary assistance. Police officers of the investigative-operational group of the Novograd-Volynsky district department immediately left for the hospital, "

According to preliminary data, the incident allegedly happened on the bank of a local river, however, during the establishment of the circumstances, this information was not confirmed. The police carried out a number of other investigative and search measures, and as a result of an urgent search at the place of residence of the wounded boy, law enforcement officers found evidence that the child was injured in the house..

" It has also now been established that a resident of Kiev, a soldier, an acquaintance of his father, who arrived the day before, was involved in inflicting a gunshot wound on the child, "