In Kiev’s Holosiivsky district, a tragedy occurred in the morning of April 21:

A man died in an explosion, presumably from a grenade.

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine, citing the Kiev police.

At 6 am, the Holosiivsky police department received a report of explosions near one of the garage cooperatives.

The investigative-operational group of the territorial police department, the capital’s headquarters, explosives experts, and medics arrived at the scene.

«A man’s body with shrapnel wounds, presumably from a grenade, was found. Preliminary data indicate suicide. The deceased is a local resident born in 1968,» the police reported.

The investigative department of the Holosiivsky police department has launched a criminal investigation under Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine with an additional qualification for suicide.

This is not the first case of grenade explosions in Kiev.

In December of last year, a grenade exploded in a private sector in the Podilsky district of Kiev, resulting in the death of a man.