Businessman's car set on fire: Metropolitan police report suspicions to two suspects

In the capital, law enforcement officers have exposed two local residents. According to the case materials, one of the accomplices entered the parking lot and set fire to the car of a Kyiv resident. As a result, three more cars were damaged.

This was reported today, May 25, by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kyiv.

It is noted that at the end of March, the Darnytsia Police Department received a report about the arson of a BMW X7 in one of the parking lots of a residential complex in the capital. The police informed that investigators suspect a 45-year-old Kyiv resident, who had previously been held criminally liable for murder, of the arson. He was detained.

Підпалили автомобіль бізнесмена: столичні поліцейські повідомили про підозру двом фігурантам Burnt car. Kyiv Police/Telegram

The investigation established that the suspect acted together with an accomplice, a 29-year-old Kyiv resident. The man used a delivery service backpack in which he brought arson materials for the conspiracy.

“Later, the attacker entered the parking lot where a BMW X7 belonging to a local businessman was parked, doused the vehicle with flammable liquid and set it on fire. After that, in the car in which his accomplice was waiting for him, the attackers left the scene. As a result of the fire, the victim's car was completely destroyed, and three other vehicles parked nearby were significantly damaged,” the report says.

Both defendants were informed of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 194 Intentional damage to property by arson, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to 10 years of imprisonment.

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