In the city of Lyman, Donetsk region, four people were found dead — two law enforcement officers and two civilian women. A National Guard serviceman was detained on suspicion of committing a crime.
What is known about the murder of four people in Lyman
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported that, on the morning of January 21 in Lyman, a resident called an investigative and operational team of police officers due to a conflict with a military serviceman.
After a specific time, the connection with the police officers who went to the call disappeared, and at 8 in the morning, another group went to the scene of the incident. At the scene of the tragedy, law enforcement officers found the bodies of two of their colleagues with gunshot wounds and the bodies of two civilian women — a pensioner and her daughter.
It is reported that a National Guard serviceman was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Based on this fact, criminal proceedings were opened under paragraph 1 of the Chapter 2 by Article115 (intentional murder) and Article 348 (encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The investigative bureau conducts a set of measures to establish the objective circumstances of the event. Several appropriate examinations were appointed. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Previous shootings — what is known
Earlier, there was a shooting in the centre of Zaporizhzhia. An unknown man killed a woman with two shots and then committed suicide himself.
In 2023, in Pavlograd (Dnipropetrovsk region), a man with a knife attacked police officers who arrived on call. To calm the man down, the law enforcement officers had to shoot him.
And in Kyiv, unknown persons attacked a soldier with a knife. The soldier was hospitalised, and the attackers were being sought.
