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| Man detained in March 12th shootout in Mukachevo |
| 2016-03-18 |
| An unidentified man was detained by local police in Mukachevo in connection with a March 12th shootout, according to Russian language news accounts. According to a news article which appeared in korrespondent.net, why the man was detained was not immediately clear. He will be charged with murder. The March 12th incident initially involved two individuals, both of whom were shot, one fatally. The victims were shot in the Pentagon district of Mukachevo, near School No. 16, following an altercation between them and other unidentified local youths. One victim was found dead with a unexploded hand grenade, while the other wound up in the local hospital complaining of a gunshot wound to his leg. Mukachevo was the town where last summer four men were shot to death in a confrontation between members of a Right Sektor group and an organized crime group at a spa. Mukachevo is located on a known smuggling route of excise goods for organized crime. Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraine by clicking here. |
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