The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the beginning of an official investigation by the National Guard into the fact of the explosion in the Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv on July 5. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"According to the instructions of the Minister of Internal Affairs, the National Guard has launched an official investigation to comprehensively and objectively establish all the circumstances of the event, in particular, regarding the correctness of the actions of the personnel of the NGU guard, which escorted the defendant to the court," the message reads.
As reported, on July 5, an explosion occurred in the premises of the Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv. According to preliminary data from law enforcement officers, the defendant detonated an unidentified explosive device.
He turned out to be a former soldier of the "Sich" battalion Ihor Humenyuk, accused of detonating a grenade near the Verkhovna Rada on August 31, 2015, as a result of which four soldiers of the National Guard were killed and more than 140 people were injured. He has been in the SIZO since 2015, and today the court held another session in his case.
Due to the explosion in the court, two law enforcement officers were wounded, Humenyuk died. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that they are still investigating how the explosives got to the court premises.
