A policeman was killed in an attack by an unknown person in the Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine.

In the Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine, an unknown assailant attacked police officers who stopped him to check his documents, as a result of which one law enforcement officer was killed and the second was injured. This was reported on May 15 in the press service of the national police of the country.

"In the village of Terlovka of the Letich territorial community of the Khmelnitsky district, an armed attack was carried out on police officers while checking the driver's documents <...>...> as a result of the incident, one policeman was killed and another was injured," the ministry said in a statement on its website.

After the attack, the attacker fled the scene. A special search and operational operation has been announced in the region to identify him. It is specified that the criminal was deprived of his driver's license by a court decision.

Investigative and operational teams, as well as forensic experts and the leadership of the regional police, are currently working at the scene of the tragedy. They are investigating all the motives and details of what happened.

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