The suspect faces up to eight years’ imprisonment for his crime. The injured man is in hospital.
On 7 December, around 1 a.m., the police received a report that a man had been injured in the town of Novyi Kalyniv near an entertainment venue on Konovalets Street.
Criminal police operatives, investigators and officers of other units of the Sambir District Police Department immediately arrived at the scene.
As law enforcement officers established, that night, a sudden conflict arose between a 19-year-old local resident and a 25-year-old resident of Sambir district, during which the younger man stabbed the older man twice in the stomach, causing serious bodily harm. The victim was hospitalised.
The offender was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Investigators of the territorial police unit, under the procedural supervision of the Sambir District Prosecutor’s Office, served the detainee a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 1 of Article 121 (Intentional grievous bodily harm) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The article provides for imprisonment for a term of five to eight years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Lviv regional police communication department