One dead, one seriously injured after grenade explodes in Lviv apartment
Police have opened criminal proceedings over the incident and an investigation is underway, the press service said.
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At about 10:30 p.m., the 102 hotline received a report of an explosion that had occurred in an apartment building on Zamarstynivska Street in Lviv. According to police, a grenade, likely an RGN type, exploded in an apartment.
As a result of the explosion, a guest of the apartment owner, a 44-year-old resident of Chernihiv, was seriously injured and later died at the scene, and the owner of the apartment, a 52-year-old resident of Lviv, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The police have opened a case under Part 1 of Art. 263 (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition, or explosives) and Part 2 of Art. 15, Part 1 of Art. 115 (premeditated murder) of the Criminal Code.
The Lviv resident faces up to 15 years in prison.
A pre-trial investigation is underway where police will establish the circumstances of the incident and the origin of the grenade.
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RGN grenades are Soviet-era fragmentation hand grenades, with a lethal blast radius of four to 10 meters – they can be set to explode on impact or after a time delay. They are produced in both Russian and Ukraine, and used by both of their armies.
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