In Berdyansk, the police confiscated an arsenal of weapons from a man who shot at children (UPDATED, VIDEO ADDED)
Currently, the suspect is detained under Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. The seized weapons and ammunition were sent for examination. Open criminal proceedings.
On July 13, at 4:50 p.m., the Berdyansk police department of the GUNP in the Zaporizhia region received a message from a local resident. The woman stated that according to her minor son, a resident of one of the houses on Volunteers Street, in whose yard there are children, was shooting from the window of his apartment.
An investigative task force, officers of the criminal police department, and the leadership of the Berdyansk police department immediately went to the scene.
Police officers found out that a man born in 1972 lives at the specified address.
At his place of residence, law enforcement officers confiscated a submachine gun «MP 40», a starting pistol «Beretta», 230 rounds of 7×62 caliber, 630 rounds of 5×45 caliber, 5 flares, 4 RGD5 grenades, 4 barrels, anti-personnel and signal grenades. noise and smoke action.
«At the scene, police found that the man, who was in a state of intoxication, did not like the fact that the children were screaming in the playground and he decided to scare them: he started shooting at minors with a starting pistol. The malefactor in the past the participant of anti-terrorist operation. It was previously established that he had brought weapons and ammunition from the area of the Joint Forces operation. At present, everything confiscated is sent for examination to the Zaporizhia Research Forensic Center, ”the acting mayor said. Volodymyr Verkhovskyi, Chief of the Criminal Police Department of the Berdyansk Police Department.
Police officers detained the violator in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
According to the results of the search, the investigators opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Art. 263 (Illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives) and Part 4 of Article 296 (Hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction under the articles provides for imprisonment for a term of three to seven years. Pre-trial investigations are ongoing.
Zaporizhia Oblast Police Communication Department
