A man threw a grenade at police officers in Dnipro: four people were injured

Tamara Vasylchuk
Tamara Vasylchuk Journalist
A man threw a grenade at police officers in Dnipro: four people were injured
Photos from the scene. Source: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Police
In Dnipro, a man threw a grenade at law enforcement officers who had responded to a report of a fight. The attacker was killed in the explosion, and four police officers were injured

This was reported by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Police.

A man threw a grenade during his arrest

According to law enforcement officials, the incident occurred on 5 June at around 10.55 pm near one of the houses on Luhovska Street in the Amur-Nizhnedniprovskyi district of Dnipro. Police officers arrived in response to a report of a fight. During the arrest, one of the men involved in the altercation threw a grenade at the officers. The man was killed instantly in the explosion. Four police officers sustained injuries of varying severity and were hospitalised. An investigative team, bomb disposal experts and other specialist services were at the scene. Law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident and gathering evidence. As of now, investigators have opened a criminal case under Article 348 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — an attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer.

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