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Earlier Monday, a 35-year-old man threatened to detonate a powerful bomb allegedly carried in a backpack at a branch of Universal’s Leonardo business center. The police started negotiations with this person; the building was evacuated, leaving only the bank branch chief, who refused to leave.
“The terrorist is alive. There was no explosion. Explosives experts are working on the scene. Next – [įtariamojo] court and long prison, “Heraščenka wrote on Facebook. He added that an Uzbek citizen named Suchrob Karimov had been detained.
The Ukrainian security service also reported that the terrorist had been successfully detained during the special police operation “Chrome” (“Thunder”).
A Uzbek citizen who occupied a bank branch in central Kiev on Monday claimed to have a powerful device in his backpack that would explode if he were killed, Ukrainian Interior Minister Anton Heraščenko said.
“The terrorist says he has a large explosive in his backpack that will be detonated if he is killed because he has a cord attached to his detonator on his leg,” Heraščenka wrote on Facebook on Monday.
He also posted a photo of the terrorist showing him sitting on a chair in the office, fighting in another chair where he left his backpack. Next to the table sat a bank employee who had previously refused to leave the premises.
“According to preliminary information, he did not save it and was ready to stay there with his implicit bomb,” said the deputy minister.
Heraščenko told 112 Ukraine that the police would negotiate with the criminal to avoid casualties, but did not rule out the possibility that the suspect could be killed if the situation worsened.
“They are negotiating with the criminal; We demand that you surrender. He demands that the media be allowed to come to him so that he can give him some interviews, “Herašcenka told Ukraine 24 television.
The official urged the people of Kiev to avoid the intersection of Bohdan Khmelnitsky and Volodymyr streets, next to which the bank branch is located.
When asked how the negotiations were carried out, Heraščenko noted: “There is a police officer there.”
According to previous reports, an unknown man under the age of 35 visited a Universal Bank branch located in Leonardo’s business center around noon. He said he would have a bomb in his backpack and asked to call the police.
Heraščenko also said there were hostages in the building and what is known about the kidnapper’s identity.
“According to preliminary data, he fired the bank employees, leaving only the head of the department. Only he did not leave her, he was going to be left alone with the bomb, only this information has not yet been confirmed. According to preliminary data, this is 32 m old man. We checked the information for errors. He did not say his name, but we seem to know who he is, “he said.
As reported by Unian, at 12 noon. An employee of Universal Bank, located in the Leonardo business center in front of the Kiev Opera, called the police and reported that a man with a backpack had arrived at the bank, claiming to have a bomb and intending to detonate it.
A. Heraščenka also noted that only the head of the bank branch remained on site, the remaining employees left the building.
The official urged the people of Kiev to avoid the intersection of Bohdan Khmelnitsky and Volodymyr streets, next to which the bank branch is located.
Car traffic is currently blocked near the business center.
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