Law enforcement officers detained a resident of Kiev, who, out of jealousy, threw a grenade at his friend and her friend, the National Police of Kyiv reported. The attacker turned out to be a 34-year-old local resident with no previous convictions..

“To search for and detain the attacker in Kyiv, a special police operation was introduced. We carried out primary investigative actions and established that the offender saw his friend and her husband on the street and, out of jealousy, threw a grenade in their direction. Doctors hospitalized the 33-year-old victim and her 37-year-old acquaintance with bodily injuries, and the investigators seized fragments of ammunition from the crime scene,” said Nikolai Mazurov, head of the investigative department of the Desnyansky police department..

The National Police added that the attacker was detained at his place of residence in accordance with Art.. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

“On this fact, we started criminal proceedings under part two of Article 15, paragraph one of part two of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - attempted murder of two or more people.

The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment from ten to fifteen years or life imprisonment.. The issue of informing the defendant of suspicion of committing a particularly serious crime is being resolved.. The pre-trial investigation continues,” Mazurov added..

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On the evening of Saturday, April 15, an explosion was heard in the Desnyansky district of Kyiv. According to preliminary data, it was a grenade. Two people were hurt. The incident occurred on Miloslavskaya Street in Troyeschina.