A terrifying video shows the moment a Ukrainian politician casually detonated multiple grenades during a heated village council meeting on Friday, injuring at least 26 people in what is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
The incident occurred approximately 90 minutes after a live-streamed meeting at the Keretsky Village Council in Ukraine’s western Zakarpattia region on Friday.
A short clip shared by the Ukrainian National Police shows a man, later identified as MP Serhiy Batryn, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, entering the council headquarters during the debate on finances.
“I can talk?” he finally asks, before pulling out at least three hand grenades from his jacket pockets and throwing them on the ground.
Stunned people jump and duck for cover as the explosives explode with loud bangs and flashes, filling the council chamber with thick smoke and screams of agony.
“I can not walk!” A woman’s anguished voice is heard screaming in Ukrainian during the chaos.
MP Serhiy Batryn (standing by the door) holds several hand grenades moments before setting off explosions during a council meeting in Ukraine. News.PN’s Friday meeting at the Keretsky Village Council was broadcast live and video captures the explosion. News.PN The grenade explosions injured 26 people, six of them seriously. News.PN
Photographs taken after the explosion showed pools of blood on the floor and overturned furniture.
The explosion injured 26 people, six of whom were hospitalized in serious condition, according to authorities.
Ukraine’s Security Service is investigating the explosions as an act of terrorism.
Batryn was initially said to have been murdered, but police later clarified that doctors were trying to save his life.
A photograph after the explosions showed pools of blood on the floor of the council chamber. zakprokuratura/Facebook Batryn, a deputy from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People Party, was unhappy with the work of the village council. Serhij Batryn /Facebook
Friday’s council session was held to approve the village’s 2024 budget, but Batryn, a deputy from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People Party, argued that he and his colleagues should first submit a full report on the 2023 budget. before moving on to the next. years.
Batryn also had a long dispute with the village head, Mikhail Mushka, Telegram news channel Zakarpattya24 reported.
Batryn had opposed a proposal to allocate a 50% raise and monthly bonus to Mushka during the war, and had voted against deeming the village chief’s job performance satisfactory.
At the height of the budget debate, Batryn left council headquarters and returned less than three minutes later to detonate the grenades.
Batryn was said to have been fighting with the village chief and spoke out against giving him a raise. Serhij Batryn /Facebook
The national police have opened a criminal case for illegal use of weapons and ammunition.
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