A conflict involving a law enforcement officer and a minor occurred at a funicular station in Kyiv on April 7, and the teenager died, the State Bureau of Investigation reported on Monday, indicating that it had opened a criminal investigation into the tragedy, UNN reports.
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"On April 7, a conflict arose at the station of the capital's funicular between a man who serves as a driver in the State Protection Department and a minor. After getting out of the car at the upper station, the law enforcement officer pushed the teenager. He fell, smashed his head against the glass, and received a fatal cut to his neck. The minor died at the scene," the SBI reported.
"The detained law enforcement officer has already been suspended from his duties. His command is providing full assistance in conducting urgent investigative actions," the bureau said.
Currently, as indicated, a full range of operational and investigative actions is being carried out, the issue of serving a notice of suspicion to the detained law enforcement officer on suspicion of premeditated murder (Part 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) is being resolved.