A man was detained in Vinnytsia region for an attempt on the life of a policeman
The criminal defendant put a package with a homemade explosive device on the hood of the lawman's car, which detonated when he examined the “find”. After the explosion, the police captain was seriously injured. Thanks to the coordinated work of employees of several units of the police of Vinnytsia region, the attacker was detained.
On October 13, 2022, near his house, the head of the prevention sector of one of the police departments of the Khmilnytsky district police department of the GUNP in the Vinnytsia region found a black plastic bag on the hood of the car. When the policeman tried to inspect the “find”, there was an explosion. With numerous burns, he was hospitalized.
As a result of a complex of investigative measures, the operatives of the Department of Investigation of Crimes Committed against Police Officers, the Department of Internal Security of the National Police and the Vinnytsia Department of the DVB of the NPU, together with the investigators and criminal investigation officers of the police of the GUNP in the Vinnytsia region, located the attacker.
He turned out to be a 40-year-old local resident who is a defendant in two criminal proceedings initiated on the manufacture and sale of non-excisable alcohol products. During the investigative actions, the man in the presence of law enforcement officers began to behave unceremoniously and provoked a conflict situation with the police officer. In order to deal with a police official who was hindering the development of an illegal business, he decided to “clean” it with explosives, placing it on a car.
Internal security officers of the NPU and the police of Vinnytsia region conducted an urgent search at the place of residence of the intruder. During the event, components for the manufacture of an artisanal explosive device were seized, and content with the characteristics of explosives and instructions for making explosives were found in the computer of a 40-year-old man.
Under the procedural guidance of the Vinnytsia Regional Prosecutor's Office, law enforcement officers detained the man in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Investigators of the Vinnytsia police announced him on suspicion of art. 348 (Invasion of the life of an employee of a law enforcement agency, a member of a public formation for the protection of public order and the state border or a serviceman) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for a punishment of up to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment.
The court chose a preventive measure for the man — detention without the right to make bail.
Department of Internal Security of the National Police of Ukraine
