15:07 30.11.2017

Persons wounded in explosion in Nikopol court rises to ten – police

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Persons wounded in explosion in Nikopol court rises to ten – police

 The number of wounded from the explosion of two grenades in the city court of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region has increased to ten people, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Police Department Hanna Starchevska has said.

"Unfortunately, the number of people who were injured as a result of the explosion of grenades, has increased to ten," Starchevska said in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.

She later reported that two of the victims were in the operating room for the moment.

As reported, on Thursday at 11:20, in Nikopol during a court hearing of the murder case, the father of the deceased pulled out two grenades and blew them up. He himself died in the explosion. Early reports put the number of people injured with shrapnel at seven: three defendants, two members of the escort service, court staff and several civilians, their identities are being established. All the injured were taken to hospitals.

A criminal case qualified under Part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (premeditated murder) has been opened.

According to media reports, in February 2016, unidentified persons started shooting at the Geely car, killing two passengers. One of them was the son of the man who blew himself up in court. The man blew up the grenades after the court again postponed the meeting, having repeatedly done so in the past.

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