Murder of a teenager at a Kyiv funicular station: the court remanded the police officer in custody

The Pechersk court sent a law enforcement officer suspected of murdering a teenager at the capital's funicular station to 60-day custody without bail, UNN reports.

"At the prosecutor's request, a military serviceman suspected of intentionally killing a teenager at the funicular station in Kyiv was ordered to be detained in custody," the Prosecutor General's Office reported.

The term of detention is until June 5, 2024.

Addendum

A hearing to consider a motion to impose a preventive measure on a law enforcement officer suspected of killing a teenager at a funicular station in Kyiv has begun today.

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv granted the motion of the law enforcement officer's lawyer to impose a preventive measure in a closed session.

The prosecutor's office will request to impose a preventive measure on the law enforcement officer in the form of detention.

According to the State Bureau of Investigation, on April 7, a conflict occurred at a funicular station in Kyiv between a man who serves as a driver in the State Protection Department and a minor. After leaving the car at the upper station, the law enforcement officer pushed the teenager. He fell, smashed his head against the glass, and suffered a fatal cut to his neck. [The minor died at the scene, the SBI said.

On April 8, a law enforcement officer was notified of suspicion of premeditated murder after he pushed a teenager who fell and died at a funicular station in Kyiv.

According to the Zmina Football School, the deceased was their 16-year-old student.

The State Bureau of Investigation reportedthat a law enforcement officer suspected of killing a teenager at a funicular station in Kyiv pleaded not guilty. There are seven witnesses who are testifying in the case. The SBI also confirmed that the man was drunk.