Man gets 9 years behind bars for throwing grenade at police officer in Brovary

Man gets 9 years behind bars for throwing grenade at police officer in Brovary

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In Brovary, a man threw a grenade at a law enforcement officer, injuring him. The court sentenced the offender to 9 years and 2 months in prison for this crime.

The Brovary City District Court sentenced a man who threw a grenade at a law enforcement officer in Brovary, Kyiv region, in May to 9 years and 2 months in prison. This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine, UNN reports.

The Brovary City Court sentenced the offender to 9 years and 2 months in prison

- the police summarized.

Case in point

As law enforcement officers remind, on May 11, around 21:00, in the city of Brovary, police officers received a call about hooliganism from an unknown person.

"When they arrived at the specified address, the offender ran away, the policeman began to pursue him, then man threw a grenade in the direction of the law enforcement officer. As a result of the explosion, the police officer and the offender were injured. The 37-year-old law enforcement officer sustained injuries to his legs and left arm. He is still being treated," law enforcement officials said.

Investigators served a notice of suspicion in committing crimes stipulated by Part 1 Article 348 and Part 1 Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.