After committing the crime, the man tried to leave the city.
On July 9, around 8 p.m., the police received a report about the discovery of a man’s body in one of the apartments on Vyacheslava Chornovola Street in Boryslav.
An investigative team, a dog handler and other employees of police department No. 1 of the Drohobytsky district police department, as well as forensic experts and employees of other police services of the Lviv Region worked at the scene of the incident. At the indicated address, law enforcement officers found the body of a man with signs of violent death. The identity of the deceased, a 66-year-old local resident, has been established.
It was also established that shortly before that, the company of men had been drinking alcoholic beverages. A conflict arose between the guests, during which one of the guests, a 37-year-old local resident, stabbed the victim in the chest with a knife, after which he ran away.
The man died from his injuries at the scene.
A cynologist with a service dog established the direction of movement of the intruder. Soon after, operatives detained him while trying to leave the city. in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Investigators of the territorial division of the police informed the detainee of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 1 of Article 115 (Deliberate murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a term of seven to fifteen years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. The issue of selecting a preventive measure for the suspect is being resolved.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police