The police detained a group of servicemen involved in committing violent and property crimes
Malicious individuals transported victims out of the city, beat them, and demanded money or valuable property, informs ThePublic.info citing the police of Ternopil region. The most cynical aspect was that the attackers mocked people who were seriously wounded in the war and were undergoing rehabilitation.
For example, the perpetrators took a KIA car from a 27-year-old resident of Ternopil and used it for their own purposes. Police found the vehicle in the Kyiv region.
Law enforcement officers recorded cases of particular cruelty. One active serviceman, who was undergoing treatment, was intercepted by the attackers on the street, forcibly loaded into a minibus, and taken away in an unknown direction. He was beaten, threatened with a weapon, and demanded 50,000 hryvnias for his release.
Another resident of Ternopil was forcibly loaded into a minibus using tear gas and taken out of the city. There, he was stripped, doused with a flammable substance, and forced to run in front of the car. Later, he was beaten and held for three days in inhumane conditions.
Another crime was documented in Ivano-Frankivsk region. There, military personnel stopped the victim's car, forcibly transferred the man into their own vehicle, and stole his car. They intimidated their victims and, in case of contacting the police, threatened physical violence.
Ternopil police officers, members of the special police unit supported by colleagues from the KORD special forces from four regions of Ukraine, carried out a large-scale special operation to stop the criminal activities of military personnel. Law enforcement conducted a series of authorized searches in Ternopil, Kyiv, and Kharkiv regions. Six individuals were detained in procedural order.
Currently, police investigators have announced suspicion to seven suspects under Part 2 of Article 127 (torture), Part 2 of Article 146 (illegal deprivation of liberty or kidnapping), Part 4 of Article 187 (robbery), and Part 2 of Article 289 (illegal possession of a vehicle) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
