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Location | Keretsky, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine |
Date | 15 December 2023 c. 11:37 a.m (UTC+2) |
Target | Village council members |
Weapons | Three RGD-5 and F-1 fragmentation grenades |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 25 (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Serhiy Batryn [1] |
Motive | Dissatisfaction with council raising their own salaries |
On 15 December 2023, Serhiy Batryn, 54, a Ukrainian councilman, detonated three grenades at a meeting in the village of Keretsky, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The resulting explosions killed one person and injured 26 others, six of them gravely. [2] A second person died one month later as a result of the injuries. [3]
Batryn was later taken to an intensive care unit. [4] A suicide note was found in Batryn's home. [5] The event was live-streamed and posted on Facebook by the National Police of Ukraine. [6] [7] [8] Batryn is facing life imprisonment. [9]