Suspect arrested in deadly Lviv terrorist attack
A woman suspected of carrying out the explosion has been detained in Lviv. (Photo: Andriy Sadovyi / Facebook)
Police have detained a woman suspected of carrying out the explosions in Lviv that killed a 23-year-old police officer and injured 25 people, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said during a briefing.
The suspect, a Ukrainian citizen, was apprehended in a district center at around 10:20 a.m., Klymenko said.
“We did everything possible and impossible to identify those who committed this terrorist attack,” the minister said.
He stressed that anyone involved in terrorism and the killing of Ukrainians “together with the aggressor” would be found and punished. Under Ukrainian law, a terrorist act carries a possible sentence of life imprisonment.
Mykola Mereta, head of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, said investigators are working to identify other individuals who may have been involved.
The attack occurred overnight on Feb. 22. Officer Viktoriia Shpylka, 23, was killed in the explosions. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 25 people were injured. Eleven remain hospitalized, and six law enforcement officers are in serious condition, Klymenko later wrote on Telegram.
According to the National Police, a call reporting a break-in at a store on Danylyshyna Street was received around 12:30 a.m. When a patrol unit arrived, an explosion occurred. A second blast followed after another crew reached the scene.
Preliminary findings indicate that improvised explosive devices detonated.
Authorities have opened criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 258 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, which addresses terrorist acts resulting in grave consequences.
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