Saw a military recruitment center and took a child hostage: attacker detained in Lviv

In Lviv, police detained a man who took a 13-year-old girl hostage and threatened her with a knife.

According to police, the incident occurred during the day on May 9 on Kavalerydze Street. A 43-year-old Lviv resident, upon seeing TCC servicemen, sprayed tear gas. After that the man grabbed a passing girl and pressed a knife to her neck. Through the joint actions of a police officer and TCC servicemen the attacker was quickly detained and the child freed. According to law enforcement, the girl was not injured.

Investigators opened a criminal case under the article on unlawful deprivation of liberty or kidnapping. The perpetrator faces up to five years in prison.

Reminder: earlier we wrote:

• Knife to the neck and escape: a TCC employee was killed in Lviv; the attacker turned out to be a customs officer
• Bloody “defense” against mobilization in Mykolaiv: police officer and serviceman stabbed in the abdomen
• Knife attack during notification: a TCC serviceman was attacked
• After Lviv – a new attack: two TCC servicemen were wounded in Vinnytsia
• A TCC serviceman was slashed: attackers could face life imprisonment