Court imposes pre-trial restraint on MP who detonated grenades in Zakarpattia
Kyiv • UNN
A court in Ukraine's Zakarpattia region has arrested MP Serhiy Batryn without bail on charges of terrorism after he detonated grenades at a local council meeting, injuring 23 people.
A court in Zakarpattia region has imposed a measure of restraint in the form of custody for local deputy Serhiy Batryn, who blew up three grenades during a meeting of the Keretsky village council. This is stated in the report of the Uzhhorod City District Court of the Transcarpathian region, reports UNN.
Details
It is noted that the deputy will be held in custody without possibility of bail, according to Part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (terrorist act).
Today, on December 17, according to the decision of the investigating judge of the Uzhhorod City and District Court, a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention without the possibility of bail was imposed on a 54-year-old citizen of of Ukraine, a current deputy of the Keretsky village council of Khust district of the Transcarpathian region of the VIII convocation, who is suspected of committing a crime, under Part 2 of Art. 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Terrorist act)
The prosecution requested that a preventive measure of the suspect in the form of detention without bail.
At the same time, the defense and the suspect did not object to the the prosecutor's motion.
Context
On December 15, Serhiy Batryn came to a meeting of the village council and took two RGD-5 grenades from his two RGD-5 grenades and one F-1 grenade from his pockets and set them off. As a result The explosions injured 23 people, including the suspect: 16 men and 7 women. They sustained injuries of varying severity, most of them shrapnel wounds. Later, one of the victims died in hospital from his injuries. of the injuries.
Batryn himself was resuscitated. Investigators conducted searches at the deputy's place of of the deputy's residence and found a suicide note. On December 16, he regained consciousness, and the December 16, he regained consciousness, and the Security Service of Ukraine accused him of terrorism.
