Criminal case with preliminary qualification of attempted murder of two or more persons opened on fact of Shefir's car shooting – Prosecutor General Venediktova

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KYIV. Sept 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – On the fact of the attempt on the life of the first assistant to the President of Ukraine, Serhiy Shefir, on Wednesday morning, law enforcement officers have opened criminal proceedings with preliminary qualifications of attempted murder on two or more persons, said Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.

"I confirm the fact: it’s true that unidentified persons shot the car of Serhiy Shefir. Their intentions, apparently, were serious – machine gun fire damaged the car," Venediktova wrote on Facebook.

The Prosecutor General noted that she arrived at the scene together with the leadership of the National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office. Proceedings with preliminary qualifications of attempted murder on two or more persons have begun (Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

"Today, a challenge has been posed to the law enforcement system – in the morning, in Kyiv region, on the road between the village of Lisnyky and the village of Khodosivka, the car of the first assistant to the President of Ukraine was fired upon. Unidentified persons, according to preliminary data, fired about 10 shots from automatic weapons of 7.62 caliber. As a result, the driver was wounded. He is in the hospital now," Venediktova said.

She noted that the details and comments will be later after the first-priority investigative actions and assessment of the situation.

Also, the Prosecutor General asks "not to speculate on the topic and not engage in fantastic stories."

"Law enforcers are doing everything possible to identify the perpetrators and detain them, of course," she said.