Two Kyiv police officers are suspected over their response to a deadly April 18 shooting
The Facts
- Two patrol police officers in Kyiv were notified of suspicion over their actions during the April 18 shooting.
- The incident took place on April 18 in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district.
- According to Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, the patrol officers arrived at the scene, saw wounded civilians including a child, a man and a woman, and did not stop the armed man.
- Kravchenko said video from the scene showed the officers running away or leaving the scene instead of acting.
- The officers are suspected of official negligence causing grave consequences under Article 367, part 3 of Ukraine's Criminal Code.
- Ukrainian authorities are treating the shooting as a terrorist act.
- The reported death toll rose to seven after one of the wounded died in hospital.
Context
What are the police officers accused of doing?
Prosecutors say the patrol crew responded to a shooting call, saw several wounded people including a child, and then fled or left the scene despite being armed and having legal grounds to use their service weapons Радіо Свобо…,УКРІНФОРМ,Интерфакс-У….
What charges are being pursued against the officers?
They were notified of suspicion for official negligence that caused grave consequences, which outlets identified as Article 367, part 3 of Ukraine's Criminal Code Deutsche Welle,ФОКУС,Интерфакс-У….
How many people were reported killed in the shooting?
Multiple reports said seven people were dead after a wounded man later died in hospital, raising the toll from six to seven РБК-Украина,Perth Now,Internazionale.
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