In Lviv region, a man stabbed a military CCC officer and shot a policeman: details

In Sheptytske, Lviv region, a 47-year-old man attacked a CCC serviceman during a document check. He wounded the serviceman in the neck and fled, and during the detention he shot a policeman. The wounded serviceman is in intensive care.

This was reported by the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the investigation, the incident occurred on October 11 at around 4:20 p.m., when employees of the district CCC, together with the police, were conducting mobilization activities.

They stopped the man to check his military registration documents. However, he suddenly pulled out an object that looked like a knife, stabbed the 43-year-old serviceman in the neck, and fled.

As it turned out, the wounded soldier is an ATO veteran. He was called up again this year.

As a result of the attack, the man suffered a serious neck injury with damage to his blood vessels and airways. He is currently in intensive care.

The police identified the attacker as a 47-year-old resident of Sheptytskyi.

During the arrest, the man began to resist and fired an air pistol at the police officer. The police officer was also injured.

The attacker was detained. The prosecutor’s office informed him of suspicions of attempted murder of a serviceman and assault on a police officer.