Police detain man who nearly burned children alive in Kharkiv region
Kyiv • UNN
A drunk man in Kharkiv region set five teenagers on fire; police detained him. The victims, aged 11 to 17, were hospitalized, but their condition is not life-threatening.
In the village of Stanychne, in Krasnohrad district, an unemployed man district, an unemployed man, while drunk, poured gasoline on children and set them on fire. The incident was reported by the police of Kharkiv region, reports UNN.
Four girls and a boy were sitting at a table when they were approached by a a local unemployed man who abuses alcohol. The reasons why he attacked the children are are unknown - he poured out the liquid in a second, immediately set it on fire, and in a moment the whole company of teenagers was in flames
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According to law enforcement, a 40-year-old man in a state of intoxicated, poured gasoline from a plastic bottle on five teenagers aged 11 to 17, and then set them on fire.
The reasons why he attacked the children are unknown, are unknown - he poured the liquid in a second, immediately set it on fire and in a moment the entire the whole group of teenagers was on fire.
The youngest victim is eleven years old, the oldest was seventeen.
The teenagers were taken to hospital. According to the police, their lives are is not in danger.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings over the attempted murder under the relevant article of Part 2 of Article 15, paragraphs 1, 2, 5, Part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The issue of serving the man a notice of suspicion and choosing a and choosing a measure of restraint in the form of detention.
