Tragedy in Boryspil: An Unimaginable Incident Involving a Child
25 August 2025 09:49
On August 23, around 4 PM, police were alerted to a report of a 6-year-old girl found unconscious in a house with a gunshot wound to her arm. Preliminary investigations revealed that a 7-year-old boy was playing with the girl in his home when he found his father's hunting rifle and accidentally shot her. The girl succumbed to her injuries.
The boy's father was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Investigators from the Boryspil district police department opened a criminal case under part 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Additionally, a case was initiated against the boy's father for willful neglect of parental duties and careless storage of firearms (Articles 166, 264 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Currently, investigations are ongoing to establish all the circumstances surrounding the incident.
