1st Deputy speaker of the Parliament of Ukraine, former Secretary of the Council of national security and defense Andrei Parubiy said that the attack on him was committed with the use of combat explosive device, considering the fact reclassified from the article " hooliganism " to " attempted murder ".

" Examination provided that the grenade had been fighting, and the Police are conducting an investigation in accordance with paragraph " attempted murder, " said Parubiy on Wednesday in an interview Ukrainian network edition " Censor ".

in the night of December 24, Unidentified threw a grenade at his feet Parubiy. The incident occurred near Kiev hotel, home to the 1st Deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada, at the time of the event he was at the hotel with other people's elected representatives. The police reported that During the pursuit of the attacker threw another grenade in the direction of the police, one law officer was injured. The criminal was opened in accordance with paragraph " hooliganism ", although all began to talk about the assassination. For example, the current Secretary of the NSDC Oleksandr Turchynov has called the incident an attack on Parubiy.

Parubiy was Secretary of the Council of national security and defence in the period from February to August of the current year. During anti-government actions in support of European integration from November 2013 to February 2014 Parubiy was the commandant " euromayday, chief of defense of the Maidan.

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