Lviv bids farewell to police officer Viktoriia Shpylka, killed in terrorist attack

A Ukrinform correspondent reported this.

The farewell ceremony to Viktoriia Shpylka will continue tonight at her family home in the village of Kniazhyi Mist in the Lviv region and on February 24 at her family home in the village of Verba.

The deceased police officer will be buried on February 25 in her native village of Verba in the Volyn region.

As reported, two explosions were heard in the center of Lviv on the night of February 22. It has been established that two homemade explosive devices were planted at 20 Danylyshyna Street between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. the day before. The explosions killed 23-year-old police officer Viktoriia Shpylka and injured 24 other people. Law enforcement officers quickly identified the person involved in the terrorist attack. The woman was detained in Staryi Sambir.

As reported by Ukrinform, 12 victims of the terrorist attack remain in hospitals in Lviv, three of them in critical condition.

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