Among the deputies, towards whom yesterday in Kiev threw a grenade, was the 1st Deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Andrei Parubiy, said on Thursday the head of the Kyiv police, Alexander Tereshchuk.

in the night of Thursday Unidentified threw the grenade towards the Ukrainian people's deputies Near one of the hotels in the center of Kiev. During the chase zlomislic threw another grenade in the direction of the police, one law officer was injured. Ukrainian media suggest, it could be an attempt on Parabia, but the police have classified the incident as " hooliganism ". Parubiy had been Secretary of the Council of national security and defence of Ukraine (NSDC).

" Near the Motel " Kiev " was the 1st Deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada of Parubiy, as well as other people's elected representatives, past the Motel Near them was a young man who is under the feet of them threw a grenade ", - quotes the words of Tereschuk the press service of the Kyiv police.

according to him, currently, experts determine whether it was a grenade RPG-5 or stun grenade. On the status of deputies says nothing.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 7 thousands of civilians, almost 10 thousand were injured.

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