Grenade attached to Kyiv businessman's car deactivated in Khmelnytskyi region. PHOTO

Explosives experts examined the car and seized an attached hand grenade.

Censor.NET reports citing National Police.

A 47-year-old Kyiv resident called the police and reported on a suspicious object tied to the exhaust pipe of a Volkswagen Touareg car.

The man runs a business in Kyiv. He came to visit his sister in Starokostiantyniv for Easter.

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As he parked his car he noticed a suspicious object attached to the bottom of the vehicle. It was fixed with a rope, a scotch tape, plastic clamps, and resembled a munition.



An investigative team and explosive technical experts arrived to the scene immediately. They examined the vehicle and seized a metal object resembling a manual grenade RGD-5. The item has been sent for further investigation.

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Criminal proceedings have been opened under article 115 (murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.