UKRAINE-CRISIS/LVIV-EXPLOSIONS Two policemen wounded in explosions at two police stations in west Ukraine

Record ID: 147010

  • Title: UKRAINE-CRISIS/LVIV-EXPLOSIONS Two policemen wounded in explosions at two police stations in west Ukraine
  • Date: 14th July 2015
  • Summary: LVIV, UKRAINE (JULY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) POLICE CAR AT EXPLOSION SCENE PEOPLE WATCHING AS POLICE WORK AT EXPLOSION SCENE POLICE DOG AND EXPERTS ON SCENE EXPERTS WORKING ON SCENE
  • Embargoed: 29th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVABK3N20MYWGZEX1I6N8I59WQ7
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  • Story Text: Two policemen were wounded in explosions at two district police stations in the west Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday (July 14).
    Ukraine's Interior Ministry said in a statement that the entrances to the stations had been booby-trapped with explosives and the safety clip of a grenade was found at one of the sites.
    The explosive experts were seen working at the explosion scene.
    Local police chief said the motives of those behind the crime may be political.
    "We are going to build our investigative leads according to these particular motives - the aim to destabilise situation in the west of Ukraine, to spread panic among the population and to terrify (people)," Lviv regional police chief Dmytro Zagaria said.
    Ukraine's Security Service said in statement, a criminal case was initiated.
    "At noon, Ukraine's Security Service in Lviv opened a criminal investigation according to the article 258, part 2 - terrorist attack. Prejudicial investigation is underway," a spokesperson Olena Gitlianska said.
    On Saturday (July 11), two people were killed in a firefight between members of the ultranationalist group, Right Sector, and police in the town of Mukacheve in western Ukraine, prompting President Petro Poroshenko to call for all 'illegal groups' to disarm.
    Right Sector is one of a number of militarised groups that emerged during violent protests that toppled Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovich a year ago.
    The militias went on to fight alongside Ukrainian troops in the east against pro-Russian separatists, but concerns have risen over whether they could pose a challenge to President Poroshenko and the government or threaten public security.
    The Interior Ministry appealed to the public for information relating to the explosions in Lviv, warning that "escalation of this kind of violence ... could lead to victims among the civilian population including women and children."
    Right Sector and police have accused each other of initiating violence in Mukacheve, but on Tuesday a spokesman for the group said two of its members had surrendered to the SBU security service.
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