In Kiev, district police officers detained a man for the murder of a 14-year-old boy
During a sudden conflict, a man struck a 14-year-old boy in the chest with a knife. From the injury, the ninth-grader died on the spot. A local resident faces up to fifteen years in prison.
Last night, October 22, the Kiev police received a message from the ambulance doctors on the special line 102 that they confirmed the death of an underage boy near the high-rise building. Patrol policemen, district police officers, investigative and operational teams of Dnipro and Main Police Departments, as well as juvenile police officers and dog handlers immediately arrived at the specified address.
According to the investigator of the Dnieper police department Yuriy Chernysh, the victim received injuries incompatible with life as a result of a conflict with a stranger who was intoxicated:
“First there was an argument between the boy and the man because of a remark that a stranger made to a minor and then struck the teenager in the chest with a knife. After the attack, the attacker left the scene of the crime, and eyewitnesses called an ambulance. Doctors tried to resuscitate the victim for about half an hour, but were forced to declare his death. We spoke with witnesses to the incident and immediately began the search for the suspect. District police officers found the man at the place of residence. The weapon of crime is a knife, with traces of brown color, the attacker asked his neighbor to hide. We removed the physical evidence from her apartment and sent it to the appropriate examination. The body of the deceased is also sent for forensic examination to determine the cause of death.”
Investigators detained a citizen of Kiev, born in 1977, under the order of Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. According to this fact, the investigative department of the Dnieper police department initiated criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Art. 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — premeditated murder. The sanction of the article provides for up to fifteen years in prison.
“At the moment, the issue of notifying the detainee of suspicion of committing a crime and choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being resolved. A pre-trial investigation is ongoing,” added Yuriy Chernysh.
National Police of Ukraine
