Court chooses pre-trial detention for police officers who fled the scene of a terrorist attack in Kyiv
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The Pechersk court is hearing the case of law enforcement officers who left the scene of a shooting with 7 victims. The prosecution demands detention for official negligence.
A court hearing has begun in the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv to select a pre-trial restraint for law enforcement officers who fled the scene of a terrorist attack in Kyiv on April 18. UNN is broadcasting live from the courtroom.
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Law enforcement officers are accused of official negligence during the terrorist attack in Kyiv, which resulted in the death of seven people.
The prosecution insists on applying a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention to the law enforcement officers.
Recall
Last Saturday, April 18, Ukraine was shaken by terrible news. In Kyiv, an armed man opened fire on people, as a result of which 5 people died and two more died in the hospital.
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The shooter was eliminated during his arrest in a Kyiv supermarket, where he barricaded himself and held hostages. According to the police, the terrorist act in Kyiv on April 18 began due to a domestic conflict.
According to the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ivan Vyhivskyi, the conflict between neighbors escalated into a shooting. The man first used traumatic weapons, and then returned with firearms and set his apartment on fire.
Law enforcement officers responded to a call about a domestic dispute, but on the way, they received information that there was a shooter at the scene. When the police approached the child and were about to return to the car for a first aid kit, shots were fired.
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko reported that the man who started the shooting had a registered carbine - he obtained the permit back in December 2025.
In addition, a video appeared online showing two police officers leaving the scene of the shooting in Kyiv without taking measures to neutralize the attacker.
Klymenko ordered an official investigation, the patrol officers were suspended from duty for leaving the scene of the shooting, and the head of the Patrol Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, Yevhen Zhukov, resigned.
Two police officers were charged with suspicion of official negligence during the shooting in Kyiv. Due to their escape, an armed terrorist killed seven civilians.