Struck in the neck with a knife: in the Odessa region, the police found the attacker who attacked a 13-year-old boy
Yesterday, October 23, in the evening on the special line “102” received a message from doctors that a 13-year-old boy with a cut neck wound was taken to the local hospital.
Police officers of the Izmail District Police Department No. 2, who arrived at the scene, interviewed the boy, who was in a state of stress and had little memory of the man who attacked him.
The police immediately began to establish all the circumstances of the crime and the person who committed it. Within three hours, law enforcement officers went on the trail of the attacker and detained him. He turned out to be a 34-year-old local who was repeatedly brought to administrative and criminal responsibility, and two years ago released from prison for committing murder.
During an urgent search of the man's place of residence, investigators seized a knife and clothes of the attacker. The man did not deny his act, but he could not explain the motives of the offense.
Therefore, on the fact of the attempted murder of a minor child, the investigators of the territorial police unit initiated criminal proceedings on the grounds of Part 2 of Article 15, Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Art. 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The police detained the suspect in procedural order. Investigative actions are currently underway with him.
The man is checked for intoxication. Within the framework of criminal proceedings, a series of examinations will be appointed. At the moment, the issue of notifying the man of suspicion and electing him to a precautionary measure in court is being resolved.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years or life imprisonment.
The investigation is ongoing.
National Police of Ukraine
