In the presence of many eyewitnesses, the suspects humiliated their victims and also hit them in the head and chest area. Criminals can be punished for their crime – restriction of freedom for a term of up to five years, or imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
As the employees of the Zolochiv district police department established, four senior students of one of the professional educational institutions located in the Zolochiv district – boys aged 17, 18 and two 19-year-olds – took turns hitting four first-year students in the head and chest area. At the same time, they used a boxing glove.
The event took place on October 9, 2023 at around 11 p.m. in the dormitory of the educational institution, in the presence of many eyewitnesses.
In addition, the offenders humiliated their victims, mocked them and filmed their actions on video, which was later posted on the Internet, where it was discovered by law enforcement officers during monitoring.
Investigators of the territorial division of the police, under the procedural guidance of the Zolochiv district prosecutor’s office, informed the perpetrators of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in part 2 of article 296 (Hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for a punishment – restriction of freedom for a term of up to five years or deprivation of liberty for a term of up to four years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police