Two policemen played until the target and killed a five-year-old boy

The murder of one five years caused a wave of protests in Ukraine. The accused are two police officers, who are believed to be they were drunk when they competed throwing as many cans as possible while pulling.

The National Investigation Office of the European country said the tragic incident occurred last Friday, when the two troops were killed. drink alcohol in the courtyard of a house in the city of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky, 70 km from Kiev.

In a statement, investigators said that although the police fired at the metal cans, "they hit a five-year-old boy". The boy was identified as Kyrylo Tlyavov and early skills demonstrated that the ball received it in the head. The boy died Monday after two operations that did not save his life.

As an aggravating circumstance, the troops first denied killing the child. They even realized that it could have been bang your head against a stone playing. However, they were arrested and Tuesday, a Kiev court decided to keep them in jail during the investigation, which could lead to a lawsuit against them: if they are found guilty, they could serve a prison sentence. life imprisonment.

The new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised "to do everything possible to punish the guilty"The death of the child and the national police allowed the dismissal of the chief of the Kiev regional police following the murder.

A group of activists repudiated the actions of the security forces, which they considered as a manifestation of impunity. "In a normal country, the Minister of the Interior resignation after terrible incidents like this, "wrote on Facebook the Anti-Corruption Action Center, a non-governmental organization.