Law enforcement officers have detained a suspect in one of the criminal proceedings into the events of May 2, 2014 in Odesa, who was hiding from the investigation for three years.

The detention took place on March 9, and on March 10 the Prymorsky District Court of Odesa ruled to put the suspect in custody without the possibility of bail as a pre-trial preventive measure, the press service of the Odesa regional prosecutor's office reported.

The prosecutor's office noted that the criminal case, under which the suspect is being held, is probed by the Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Odesa region under part 2 of Article 294 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

On May 2, 2014, 48 people died and 200 were injured due to the mass riots and fire in Odesa. Most victims of the tragedy died at the Trade Unions House. The investigation revealed that the riots in Odesa were organized and deliberately planned.

Various law enforcement agencies of Ukraine started about a dozen criminal proceedings into different facts. In particular, the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Odesa region launched a series of criminal proceedings into the facts of injury and death of people in clashes of pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian activists. Later, the Central Investigation Department of Ukrainian Interior Ministry in Odesa region took over these criminal proceedings. Some of these cases have already been transferred to court. The most high-profile of them is the case on the events on the Hretska Square, where the first clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian activists occurred. There are more than 20 suspects in this case, including two Russian citizens. They are all representatives of the so-called Antimaidan movement.