In Odessa, law enforcement officers detained four men who committed the murder of a local volunteer entrepreneur. The crime was committed on January 20 near his house in the Perensky district of the city. The suspects operated on the request of Russian special services, using a homemade explosive.
“The terrorist attack was committed by four Odessa, which were recruited by Russian special services and acted in the interests of the aggressor state. For the cash remuneration, they agreed to propose to make explosives and blow it up in a predetermined place. They were promised $ 2500 for committing a terrorist attack, ”the prosecutor's office told.
It is noted that one of the persons involved was made an explosive device from improvised components. The process of creation and provided detailed instructions was managed by a representative of the special services of the Russian Federation in online mode. Three others took out the explosives and laid it near the fence of the victim's house, next to a parked car. To fix the terrorist attack, the attackers installed a mobile phone in front of the house in video broadcast mode.
According to law enforcement officers, to get the volunteer to approach his car, the malefactors set it on fire. The man went outside to extinguish the fire, but did not have time to do anything, because due to the detonation of the explosive device, he died in place.
"In the future, agents called the customer who watched the crime in real time, he confirmed the task of which he transferred $ 1 thousand, which they divided with each other," - the message reads.
They were exposed and detained the next day after the crime was committed, which prevented the commission of repeated terrorist attacks in the prosecutor's office.
All four intruders were informed about the suspicion of the terrorist act, which led to the death of a person (Part 3 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). They have chosen precautions in the form of detention without bail. Men are threatened with 15 years in prison or life imprisonment.
The SBU regional administration told that the suspects were detained when they were preparing an explosion near one of the regional police department.
"Terrorists were going to set fire to several service cars, and then, when police appeared at the scene of the fire, remotely undermine a homemade explosive device," - said in the management.
As the investigation was established to embody this plan, the persons involved in the hostel near the object, they purchased four gasoline canisters for arson, and in the pre -prepared hiding place kept the explosive disguised as a fire extinguisher.
The SBU and the National Police detained the malefactors at the stage of preparation for this terrorist attack, and they should be released during the investigation of the murder of the volunteer.
According to the investigation, the attackers are three drug addicts from 23 to 45 years, as well as their 46-year-old accomplice who previously served their sentences for theft and robbery. The recidivist acted separately from the rest of the group and was responsible for the production of explosives and its laying in the hiding places.
