Army Major Shoots Border Guard In Ternopil Hotel Over Jealousy
Date
7/21/2024 9:18:30 AM
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) In a Ternopil hotel, an officer from one of the military units shot dead a 25-year-old border guard.
That's according to Yulia Shevchenko, spokeswoman for the Western region's Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the field of defense, Ukrinform reports.
"On the night of July 21, a tragic incident did take place in a Ternopil hotel. Around three o'clock in the morning, a major from one of the military units fired several shots from a weapon (pistol) assigned to him at a 25-year-old soldier from the border guard agency. The latter died at the scene of the incident from the bullet wounds he received," said the spokeswoman.
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Ternopil
As per tentative reports, the shooting was triggered by jealousy.
Currently, the officer is being held in custody.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, a shooting incident involving a policeman was documented outside of the landmark Pryvoz street market in Odesa.
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