In Zhytomyr Region, a Lake Lessee Shot Seven ATO Participants With a Hunting Rifle
A conflict broke out between the men.
In Popelnya district of Zhytomyr Region, a local lake lessee shot seven ATO participants in Donbas with a hunting rifle. This was reported by the regional police department and Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko on Facebook.
“Today, at about 1:00 a.m., in the village of Novoselytsia, Popelnya district, near private ponds, a local resident, a lessee, fired a number of shots from a hunting rifle during a conflict with unknown persons, as a result of which seven people received fatal gunshot wounds,” — police reported.
Investigative and operative teams are working at the scene. The shooter has been detained and his rifle has been seized.
According to Gerashchenko, “a company of old friends from Kyiv had come fishing, who had gathered at this pond more than once.” In total, according to the investigation, there were nine people, including the pond lessee. The men fished together and drank alcohol, then six of them went to sleep while the other three continued the feast. Later, an argument broke out between the men, and the pond lessee grabbed a weapon.
According to Gerashchenko, the man first killed two men who were next to him, and then decided to kill those who were sleeping.
One person, hearing the shots, managed to run into the forest, come out to the village and call the police.
The victims of the shooting were ATO participants in Donbas — all seven were volunteers. This was told in a comment to TSN by Alla Vashchenko, head of the Communications Department of the Zhytomyr Region Police.
The media also named the shooter. This is reported by Detective-Info, citing a source.
“Preliminary findings indicate that during the conflict he shot them dead: 58-year-old owner of the local pond Anatolii Zakharenko, who was held administratively liable in October 2015 for violating the rules for storing hunting weapons,” the message says.
A criminal case has been opened over the premeditated murder of two or more persons (Part 2, Article 115, Clause 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
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