The body of a 38-year-old man who died during a Russian strike on the Epicenter construction hypermarket in Kharkov was identified by the DNA of his eight-year-old son.
This is reported by police of the Kharkov region.
It is noted that the child and his mother came to the headquarters of the investigative department, deployed near the destroyed supermarket, on May 26.
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— The boy did not wait for his father to return from work. They heard about the tragedy and the next day they came to the police. DNA tests were taken from the child, because the boy is a direct relative of the deceased man, — the message says.
Today, criminologists can definitely confirm that the body found belongs to Misha’s father. 38-year-old Alexander worked in a supermarket.
– On May 25, the Russians killed him by firing two air bombs at the supermarket in the middle of the working day, the department writes.
As of 6 a.m., of the 17 dead, the police had identified 16 bodies. Search work continues.
RF strike on the Epicenter in Kharkov
On the afternoon of May 25 The Russian Federation dealt a hard blow to Kharkov, hitting the Epicenter construction hypermarket. As a result of Russian aggression, 18 people were killed and 48 were injured.
On May 27, near the Epicenter in Kharkov, prosecutors together with employees of the State Emergency Service, investigators from the SBU and the National Police found an unexploded ordnance, which means there could be more victims.
