2022 Dnipro shooting

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2022 Dnipro shooting
Location Dnipro, Ukraine
Date27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)
Weapons AKS-74U [1]
Deaths5
Injured5
AccusedArtemiy Yuryovich Riabchuk

On 27 January 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a Pivdenmash factory in Dnipro, Ukraine. Five people were killed and five others injured. [2]

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Shooting

The killings occurred on 27 January 2022, at about 3:40 a.m. in the city of Dnipro, as guards began handing out weapons to the servicemen at Pivdenmash factory. [3] A National Guard of Ukraine conscript armed with a reported AK-47 assault rifle [4] [1] shot dead four male servicemen and one civilian woman, [lower-alpha 1] and wounded five others. Two soldiers of the twenty-two soldiers present managed to escape and call an ambulance and policemen. The shooter fled the scene with his weapon. At about 9.30 am, he was detained in the town of Pidhorodne after he reported himself to the police. [6] [1]

Investigation

The State Bureau of Investigation launched criminal proceedings against officials of the National Guard of Ukraine. [7]

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine created a special investigative commission, which is authorized to establish the causes of the tragedy. [8]

Accused

According to law enforcement agencies, Artemiy Riabchuk, a National Guard of Ukraine serviceman from the Odesa Oblast, born in 2001, was the one who had shot at the servicemen. The State Bureau of Investigation informed the detainee of suspicion of murder, desertion, and theft of weapons. A possible terrorist motive is not to be ruled out. [9]

According to one lawmaker, Riabchuk had been bullied in the past. [5]

Aftermath

As a result of the shooting, 5 people were killed and 5 others were seriously injured. [10] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the shooting as "terrible" and extended messages of empathy to the victims' families. [1] [11] Over 40 National Guard members initiated a program to help victims receive blood donations. [5]

Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Mykola Balan resigned in response. [12]

Judicial proceedings

On 28 January 2022, the Kirovsky District Court of the city of Dnipro ordered Artemiy Ryabchuk to be detained without bail for a period of 60 days. [13]

On 11 March 2022 Ryabchuk's pretrial detention was extended until 9 May 2022. [14] Ryabchuk's case went to court in October 2022. [15]

On 23 April 2024 Ryabchuk was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ A video has surfaced alleging that the woman was shot after she refused to open a door for him. [5]

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