The victim was hospitalised with fractures of the skull, lower jaw and nasal bones. The attacker faces imprisonment for up to eight years.
As established by criminal police operatives together with investigators from Police Department No. 3 of the Stryi District Police Department, the incident occurred on 20 October at around 20.30 in a cafe in the village of Verkhnye Syniovydne. A conflict arose between two visitors, a 28-year-old local resident and a 42-year-old Lviv resident, during which the older man severely beat the younger man with his hands and feet, causing him serious bodily harm.
Subsequently, doctors diagnosed the victim with an open head injury, a fracture of the skull, lower jaw and nasal bones.
Investigators of the territorial police unit served the offender 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, and the court will soon choose a measure of restraint against the suspect.
Lviv regional police communication department