In Ukraine, a conscript soldier shot five people, escaped with a weapon and was detained
Artemiy Ryabchuk. Photo: Department of Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
In Ukraine, a conscript soldier of the National Guard shot five people, wounded five others and fled with a weapon. A police operation “Siren” was launched to capture him. This is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country (MIA).
A few hours later, the serviceman was detained. A criminal case has been opened under the article “Premeditated murder”. The motives of the criminal are still unknown, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine noted.
Among the dead is a woman
The tragedy occurred on the night of Thursday, January 27, on the territory of the Yuzhmash rocket and space plant in the city of Dnipro (until 2016 — Dnepropetrovsk). During the issue of weapons, the conscript soldier Artemiy Ryabchuk, who was guarding the enterprise, opened fire with a Kalashnikov assault rifle at the National Guard guard.
As UNIAN writes with reference to local media, two people were able to run out into the street and called the police with doctors.
The personnel of the National Police and National Guard units have been alerted. The commander of the National Guard, Colonel-General Nikolai Balan, urgently left for the scene.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Five people were killed and five others were injured. Among the dead there is a woman, an employee of Yuzhmash. In addition, a serviceman of the National Guard was wounded, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Interior Minister, wrote on his Facebook page.
Conscript from Odessa region
Ryabchuk himself managed to escape with a weapon. According to media reports, he took with him seven thousand rounds of ammunition. A police operation “Siren” was launched to capture the conscript. In the morning, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky said that Ryabchuk was detained.
7000 patrons took Ryabchuk with them, according to media reports
Artemiy Ryabchuk, born in 2001, was drafted from the city of Izmail, Odessa region. Now the investigation will have to establish the cause of the incident.
“First of all, the question will be studied whether the serviceman did not succumb to psychological pressure in the team. And also how he passed the medical commission, according to the conclusions of which he was granted the right of access to military weapons,” Gerashchenko wrote.
