Police in Kiev detained two people who stole a bronze bust of Lesya Ukrainka from the facade of her museum. On Thursday, March 22, police of Kiev said, referring to the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kiev, Andrei Krishchenko.

According to him, the crime was committed by the 33-year-old and 32-year-old residents of the capital.

"We found that the 33-year-old and 32-year-old Kievites stole a memorial plaque, smashed it into small pieces and handed them over to scrap metal reception points. We seized one part of the board and attached it to criminal proceedings as material evidence, "Kryschenko said..

Attackers have already announced suspicion. They face from five to eight years of imprisonment.

At the time of the investigation, the captors were given a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.

Look at the photo gallery: In Kiev, the kidnappers of the bronze bust of Lesya Ukrainka were detained. Earlier in Kiev, the bust of Lesia Ukrainka was stolen with a memorial plaque that for more than 40 years was on the facade of the memorial house along Saksaganskogo Street, 97.

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