Weapons used against Euromaidan activists found in Kyiv pond

Weapons used against Euromaidan activists found in Kyiv pond

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Representatives of the Special Investigations Department at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine have found the remains of a sniper rifle, used by officers of the Berkut riot police force against the Euromaidan activists.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko posted this on his Facebook page.

"Today, the officers of the Special Investigations Department at the Prosecutor General’s Office searched the apartments of those involved in taking Berkut officers out of Kyiv after bloody shootings on Maidan and subsequent destroying of their weapons. The elements of a sniper rifle and machine guns, which have been recently found in a pond, will become additional evidence at the trial," he wrote.

In turn, MP from the BPP faction Volodymyr Aryev said that the elements of weapons had been found in one of the ponds in a residential district in Kyiv. He added that the names of people, who have been searched today, were not disclosed in the interests of the investigation.

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